Famous Quotes | A generation which has passed...

A generation which has passed through the shop has absorbed standards and ambitions which are not of those of spaciousness, and cannot get away from them. Everything with them is done as though for sale, and they naturally have in view the greatest possible benefit, profit and that end of the stuff that will make the best show. - Alexander Herzen
Attribution: Alexander Herzen (1812–1870), Russian journalist, political thinker. “Miscellaneous Pieces: Swiss Views,” My Past and Thoughts, vol. 3, pt. 8 (1921), trans. by Constance Garnett (1924-1927).

Categories: Business And Commerce, Journalist, Political Thinker

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