The ruling ideas of each age have ever been the ideas of its ruling class. Karl Marx on age
Art is always and everywhere the secret confession, and at the same time the immortal movement of its time. Karl Marx on art
It is absolutely impossible to transcend the laws of nature. What can change in historically different circumstances is only the form in which these laws expose themselves. Karl Marx on change
Experience praises the most happy the one who made the most people happy. Karl Marx on experience
Necessity is blind until it becomes conscious. Freedom is the consciousness of necessity. Karl Marx on freedom
The country that is more developed industrially only shows, to the less developed, the image of its own future. Karl Marx on future
Greek philosophy seems to have met with something with which a good tragedy is not supposed to meet, namely, a dull ending. Karl Marx on good
Anyone who knows anything of history knows that great social changes are impossible without feminine upheaval. Social progress can be measured exactly by the social position of the fair sex, the ugly ones included. Karl Marx on great
On a level plain, simple mounds look like hills and the insipid flatness of our present bourgeoisie is to be measured by the altitude of its great intellects. Karl Marx on great
The first requisite for the happiness of the people is the abolition of religion. Karl Marx on happiness
Capital is reckless of the health or length of life of the laborer, unless under compulsion from society. Karl Marx on health
Anyone who knows anything of history knows that great social changes are impossible without feminine upheaval. Social progress can be measured exactly by the social position of the fair sex, the ugly ones included. Karl Marx on history
History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce. Karl Marx on history
History does nothing it does not possess immense riches, it does not fight battles. It is men, real, living, who do all this. Karl Marx on history
It is not history which uses men as a means of achieving - as if it were an individual person - its own ends. History is nothing but the activity of men in pursuit of their ends. Karl Marx on history
The history of all previous societies has been the history of class struggles. Karl Marx on history
Revolutions are the locomotives of history. Karl Marx on history
The writer may very well serve a movement of history as its mouthpiece, but he cannot of course create it. Karl Marx on history
History does nothing it does not possess immense riches, it does not fight battles. It is men, real, living, who do all this. Karl Marx on men
It is not history which uses men as a means of achieving - as if it were an individual person - its own ends. History is nothing but the activity of men in pursuit of their ends. Karl Marx on men