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
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
Would it be possible to stand still on one spot more majestically — while simulating a triumphant march forward — than it is done by the two English Houses of Parliament? – Alexander Herzen
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