Philosophy is to the real world as masturbation is to sex

Quote by Karl Marx

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The writer must earn money in order to be able to live and to write,...

The writer must earn money in order to be able to live and to write,...

It is not history which uses men as a means of achieving - as if...

It is not history which uses men as a means of achieving - as if...

The production of too many useful things results in too many useless people.

The production of too many useful things results in too many useless people.

The production of too many useful things results in too many useless people.

The production of too many useful things results in too many useless people.

Capitalist production, therefore, develops technology, and the combining together of various processes into a social...

Capitalist production, therefore, develops technology, and the combining together of various processes into a social...

Democracy is the road to socialism.

Democracy is the road to socialism.

The ruling ideas of each age have ever been the ideas of its ruling class.

The ruling ideas of each age have ever been the ideas of its ruling class.

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.

Revolutions are the locomotives of history.

Revolutions are the locomotives of history.

The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the...

The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the...

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.

Force is the midwife of every old society pregnant with a new one

Force is the midwife of every old society pregnant with a new one

Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, &...

Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, &...

Landlords, like all other men, love to reap where they never sowed.

Landlords, like all other men, love to reap where they never sowed.

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.

Reason has always existed, but not always in a reasonable form.

Reason has always existed, but not always in a reasonable form.

History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.

History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.

Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and...

Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and...

I don't like fashion. It's very heartless.

I don't like fashion. It's very heartless.

Morality cannot be legislated but behavior can be regulated. Judicial decrees may not change the...

Morality cannot be legislated but behavior can be regulated. Judicial decrees may not change the...