Quote by Alexander Herzen
No one is to blame. It is neither their fault nor ours. It is the

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

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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

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Tradition
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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

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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

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Parliament
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Rebuke should have a grain more of salt than of sugar. – Proverb

If it was not absolutely necessary, it was the foolishest thing ever done. – Lord Melbourne

The heart of every man lies open to the shafts of correction if the archer can take proper aim. – Oliver Goldsmith

I think I am better than the people who are trying to reform me. – Edward W. Howe

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