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I wasn't interested in holding onto the evidence of things. ↗

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

#blind #direct #drive #entire #entire generation

If nations always moved from one set of furnished rooms to another - and always into a better set - things might be easier, but the trouble is that there is no one to prepare the new rooms. The future is worse than the ocean - there is nothing there. ↗

— Alexander Herzen

#another #better #easier #furnished #future

Modern Western thought will pass into history and be incorporated in it, will have its influence and its place, just as our body will pass into the composition of grass, of sheep, of cutlets, and of men. ↗

— Alexander Herzen

#composition #grass #history #incorporated #influence

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

#contemplation #general #just #monks #our

But for the time being, I've only learned one cake recipe and how to make scrambled eggs. ↗

— Eva Herzigova

#cake #eggs #how #i #learned

Actually, I don't really like being confused with my image. ↗

— Eva Herzigova

#being #confused #i #image #like

I'm even embarrassed at times when my friends come upon my pictures. ↗