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Alexander Herzen quotes: History is the autobiography of a madman.

History is the autobiography of a madman.

Alexander Herzen quotes: We could hardly believe that after so many ordeals, after all the trials of modern skepticism, there was still so much left in our souls to destroy.

We could hardly believe that after so many ordeals, after all the trials of modern skepticism, there was still so much left in our souls to destroy.

Alexander Herzen quotes: One must open men's eyes, not tear them out.

One must open men's eyes, not tear them out.

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

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 quotes: [T]he departing world leaves behind ... not an heir, but a pregnant widow.

[T]he departing world leaves behind ... not an heir, but a pregnant widow.

Alexander Herzen quotes: 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.

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 quotes: 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.

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 quotes: 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.

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 quotes: False gods must be repudiated, but that is not all: The reasons for their existence must be sought beneath their masks.

False gods must be repudiated, but that is not all: The reasons for their existence must be sought beneath their masks.

Alexander Herzen quotes: Life has taught me to think, but thinking has not taught me to live.

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

Alexander Herzen quotes: I believe in nothing here, except a handful of people, a few ideas, and the fact that one cannot arrest movement.

I believe in nothing here, except a handful of people, a few ideas, and the fact that one cannot arrest movement.

Alexander Herzen quotes: 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.

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 quotes: Never was Catholicism, never were the ideas of chivalry, impressed on men so deeply, so multifariously, as the bourgeois ideas.

Never was Catholicism, never were the ideas of chivalry, impressed on men so deeply, so multifariously, as the bourgeois ideas.

Alexander Herzen quotes: The liberty of the individual is the greatest thing of all, it is on this and this alone that the true will of the people can develop.

The liberty of the individual is the greatest thing of all, it is on this and this alone that the true will of the people can develop.

Alexander Herzen quotes: Everything in Italy that is particularly elegant and grand borders upon insanity and absurdity or at least is reminiscent of childhood.

Everything in Italy that is particularly elegant and grand borders upon insanity and absurdity or at least is reminiscent of childhood.

Alexander Herzen quotes: The people is always expressive of the truth. The life of a people cannot be a lie.

The people is always expressive of the truth. The life of a people cannot be a lie.