Reading is the ladder of human progress. This is a famous quote from Maxim Gorky. Relevant discussions are as follows:

1. Maxim Gorky was a Soviet proletarian writer, poet, critic, political commentator, and scholar. His works include novels, essays, scripts, treatises, etc., covering various literary genres such as realism, romanticism and socialism. His most famous works include "Haiyan", "In the World", "Mother", etc.

2. Gorky’s literary works had a profound impact on the development of Soviet literature and established his literary status. His works show extremely high artistic level and distinctive people's character, truly reflecting the lives, thoughts and feelings of the working people of the Soviet Union. Gorky was also awarded the title of "the greatest representative of proletarian art" by Lenin because of his outstanding literary achievements.

The famous sayings about reading are as follows:

1. If you are good at reading, you don’t ask for a deep understanding; every time you understand something, you happily forget to eat. ——Tao Yuanming

2. Time is like water in a sponge. As long as you are willing to squeeze, there is always some time. ——Lu Xun

3. Books inspire my wisdom and soul. They help me get out of the putrid quagmire. Without them, I would drown in it and be fooled and despicable. Choking on something. ——Gorky

4. A bad book, like a bad friend, may kill you. ——Fielding

5. A book lover will certainly not lack a loyal friend, a good teacher, a lovely companion, and a graceful comforter. ——Isaac Barrow

6. We only live once in this world, so we should cherish our time. ——Jules Verne

7. No matter how the gluttonous time devours everything, we must work hard to gain our reputation while this breath is still alive, so that the sickle of time cannot hurt us. ——Rousseau

8. Don’t lament the past, it will never come back; improve the present wisely. ——Shakespeare

9. Books are friends. Although they are not passionate, they are very loyal. ——Hugo

10. Reading makes people enriched, thinking makes people profound, and writing makes people understand. ——Franklin