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I am truly horrified by modern man. Such absence of feeling, such narrowness of outlook, such lack of passion and information, such feebleness of thought.

~Alexander Herzen

Topics: Absence Am Feeling Horrified Information Lack Man Modern Modern Man Outlook Passion Thought Truly I Am

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It is possible to lead astray an entire generation, to strike it blind, to drive it insane, to direct it towards a false goal. Napoleon proved this.

~Alexander Herzen

Topics: Astray Blind Direct Drive Entire False Generation Goal Insane Lead Napoleon Possible Proved Strike Towards

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Liberalism, austere in political trifles, has learned ever more artfully to unite a constant protest against the government with a constant submission to it.

~Alexander Herzen

Topics: Against Austere Constant Ever Government Learned Liberalism More Political Protest Submission Trifles Unite

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Life has taught me to think, but thinking has not taught me to live.

~Alexander Herzen

Topics: Life Live Me Taught Think Thinking

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You can no more bridle passions with logic than you can justify them in the law courts. Passions are facts and not dogmas.

~Alexander Herzen

Topics: Courts Facts Justify Law Logic More Passions Than Them You

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Unaware of the absurdity of it, we introduce our own petty household rules into the economy of the universe for which the life of generations, peoples, of entire planets, has no importance in relation to the general development.

~Alexander Herzen

Topics: Absurdity Development Economy Entire General Generations Household Importance Introduce Life Our Own People Petty Planets Relation Rules Unaware Universe Which

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What breadth, what beauty and power of human nature and development there must be in a woman to get over all the palisades, all the fences, within which she is held captive!

~Alexander Herzen

Topics: Beauty Breadth Captive Development Fences Get Held Human Human Nature Must Nature Over Power She Which Within Woman

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No one is to blame. It is neither their fault nor ours. It is the misfortune of being born when a whole world is dying.

~Alexander Herzen

Topics: Being Blame Born Dying Fault Misfortune Neither Nor Ours Whole World

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There is nothing in the world more stubborn than a corpse: you can hit it, you can knock it to pieces, but you cannot convince it.

~Alexander Herzen

Topics: Cannot Convince Corpse Hit Knock More Nothing Pieces Stubborn Than World You

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We have wasted our spirit in the regions of the abstract and general just as the monks let it wither in the world of prayer and contemplation.

~Alexander Herzen

Topics: Abstract Contemplation General Just Monks Our Prayer Regions Spirit Wasted Wither World

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Biography

Nationality: Russian

Type: Journalist

Born: April 6th, 1812

Died: January 21st, 1870

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