Friedrich Engels Quotes
The class of big capitalists, who, in all civilized countries, are already in almost exclusive possession of all the means of subsistance and of the instruments (machines, factories) and materials necessary for the production of the means of subsistence. This is the bourgeois class, or the bourgeoisie.
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In order that all men may be taught to speak the truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it.
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My life is just a series of mistakes and regrets of varying degrees.
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Beware of people carrying ideas. Beware of ideas carrying people.
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Using simple equipment and daylight alone is for me a pleasure and a replenishment.
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The forms of my awareness are richer than yours.
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Though ambition in itself is a vice, yet it is often the parent of virtues.
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When women and men can shed an equal quantity of tears in public, that's when we'll have equal power.
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I turned and headed back to the parking lot to leave. Passing the tall tree I'd passed every day on my way to and from Nate's car when he'd drop me off and pick me up. Somehow it was the tree that got to me. It made me tremendously sad, not just because of the time that had gone but because the time had somehow gone without me really noticing it.
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Jefferson refused to pin his hopes on the occasional success of honest and unambitious men; on the contrary, the great danger was that philosophers would be lulled into complacence by the accidental rise of a Franklin or a Washington. Any government which made the welfare of men depend on the character of their governors was an illusion.
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The class of big capitalists, who, in all civilized countries, are already in almost exclusive possession of all the means of subsistance and of the instruments (machines, factories) and materials necessary for the production of the means of subsistence. This is the bourgeois class, or the bourgeoisie.
