While the miser is merely a capitalist gone mad, the capitalist is a rational miser.

Quote by Karl Marx

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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...

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 product of mental labor - science - always stands far below its value, because...

The product of mental labor - science - always stands far below its value, because...

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

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

Without doubt, machinery has greatly increased the number of well-to-do idlers.

Without doubt, machinery has greatly increased the number of well-to-do idlers.

The history of all previous societies has been the history of class struggles.

The history of all previous societies has been the history of class struggles.

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 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,...

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...

Nothing can have value without being an object of utility.

Nothing can have value without being an object of utility.

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...

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

From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs.

From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs.

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...

The only antidote to mental suffering is physical pain.

The only antidote to mental suffering is physical pain.

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

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

Let the ruling classes tremble at a communist revolution. The proletarians have nothing to lose...

Let the ruling classes tremble at a communist revolution. The proletarians have nothing to lose...

In a higher phase of communist society... only then can the narrow horizon of bourgeois...

In a higher phase of communist society... only then can the narrow horizon of bourgeois...

Medicine heals doubts as well as diseases.

Medicine heals doubts as well as diseases.

The human being is in the most literal sense a political animal, not merely a...

The human being is in the most literal sense a political animal, not merely a...