Philosophy is to the real world as masturbation is to sex

Quote by Karl Marx

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Society does not consist of individuals but expresses the sum of interrelations, the relations within...

Society does not consist of individuals but expresses the sum of interrelations, the relations within...

Workers of the world unite; you have nothing to lose but your chains.

Workers of the world unite; you have nothing to lose but your chains.

The ideas of the ruling class are in every epoch the ruling ideas, i.e., the...

The ideas of the ruling class are in every epoch the ruling ideas, i.e., the...

Natural science will in time incorporate into itself the science of man, just as the...

Natural science will in time incorporate into itself the science of man, just as the...

Necessity is blind until it becomes conscious. Freedom is the consciousness of necessity.

Necessity is blind until it becomes conscious. Freedom is the consciousness of necessity.

Experience praises the most happy the one who made the most people happy.

Experience praises the most happy the one who made the most people happy.

We should not say that one man's hour is worth another man's hour, but rather...

We should not say that one man's hour is worth another man's hour, but rather...

The development of civilization and industry in general has always shown itself so active in...

The development of civilization and industry in general has always shown itself so active in...

Social progress can be measured by the social position of the female sex

Social progress can be measured by the social position of the female sex

Capital is money, capital is commodities. By virtue of it being value, it has acquired...

Capital is money, capital is commodities. By virtue of it being value, it has acquired...

All that philosophers have done is interpret the world in different ways. It is our...

All that philosophers have done is interpret the world in different ways. It is our...

Capital is dead labor, which, vampire-like, lives only by sucking living labor, and lives the...

Capital is dead labor, which, vampire-like, lives only by sucking living labor, and lives the...

In bourgeois society capital is independent and has individuality, while the living person is dependent...

In bourgeois society capital is independent and has individuality, while the living person is dependent...

The theory of Communism may be summed up in one sentence: Abolish all private property.

The theory of Communism may be summed up in one sentence: Abolish all private property.

Russian Communism is the illegitimate child of Karl Marx and Catherine the Great.

Russian Communism is the illegitimate child of Karl Marx and Catherine the Great.

The only antidote to mental suffering is physical pain.

The only antidote to mental suffering is physical pain.

Revolutions are the locomotives of history.

Revolutions are the locomotives of history.

Art is always and everywhere the secret confession, and at the same time the immortal...

Art is always and everywhere the secret confession, and at the same time the immortal...

Greek philosophy seems to have met with something with which a good tragedy is not...

Greek philosophy seems to have met with something with which a good tragedy is not...

The country that is more developed industrially only shows, to the less developed, the image...

The country that is more developed industrially only shows, to the less developed, the image...