The writer must earn money in order to be able to live and to write, but he must by no means live and write for the purpose of making money.

Quote by Karl Marx

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Men's ideas are the most direct emanations of their material state.

Men's ideas are the most direct emanations of their material state.

There is a specter haunting Europe, the specter of Communism.

There is a specter haunting Europe, the specter of Communism.

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.

Nothing can have value without being an object of utility.

Nothing can have value without being an object of utility.

On a level plain, simple mounds look like hills; and the insipid flatness of our...

On a level plain, simple mounds look like hills; and the insipid flatness of our...

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

The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways; the point, however, is to...

The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways; the point, however, is to...

A commodity appears at first sight an extremely obvious, trivial thing. But its analysis brings...

A commodity appears at first sight an extremely obvious, trivial thing. But its analysis brings...

The only antidote to mental suffering is physical pain.

The only antidote to mental suffering is physical pain.

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...

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,...

The rich will do anything for the poor but get off their backs.

The rich will do anything for the poor but get off their backs.

The more the division of labor and the application of machinery extend, the more does...

The more the division of labor and the application of machinery extend, the more does...

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...

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

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

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

A specter is haunting Europe - the specter of communism.

A specter is haunting Europe - the specter of communism.

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...

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.

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...