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“The bourgeois stands like a question mark, Speechless, like the hungry cur, The ancient world stands there behind him, A mongrel dog, afraid to stir.”

Quote by Alexander Blok

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Alexander Blok was a prominent Russian poet, born on November 28, 1880, and died on August 7, 1921. His poetry deeply reflected the turmoil of Russian society and the inner world of individuals at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. more

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