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A commodity appears at first sight an extremely obvious, trivial thing. But its analysis brings out that it is a very strange thing, abounding in metaphysical subtleties and theological niceties.

Karl Marx

There is no royal road to science, and only those who do not dread the fatiguing climb of its steep paths have a chance of gaining its luminous summits.
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Chance Climb Gain Path Road Royal Science Summit
The only antidote to mental suffering is physical pain.
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Antitode Deep Hustle Mental Motivational Pain Physical Suffering
Religious suffering is, at one and the same time, the expression of real suffering and a protest against real suffering.
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Against Expression Protest Religious Suffering Time
Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people.
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Condition Heart Oppression People Religion Soul World
There is a specter haunting Europe, the specter of Communism.
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Communication Country Haunt Spectacular
Perseus wore a magic cap down over his eyes and ears as a make-believe that there are no monsters.
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Believe Cap Ears Eyes Magic Monster
As exchange-values, all commodities are merely definite quantities of congealed labour-time.
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Commodity exchange Labour Quantity Time Value
Keep people from their history, and they are easily controlled.
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Control History Past People
Ignorance never yet helped anybody.
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Break Up Help Ignorance One Liner Relationship
Man makes his own history, but he does not make it out of the whole cloth; he does not make it out of conditions chosen by himself, but out of such as he finds close at hand.
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Clothes Condition Himself History Man Politics
The education of all children, from the moment that they can get along without a mother’s care, shall be in state institutions.
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Care Children Education Institution Moments Mother State
Men make their own history, but they do not make it as they please; they do not make it under self-selected circumstances, but under circumstances existing already, given and transmitted from the past.
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Circumstance Existence History Men Past Please Transmit
People who make you laugh, who help you when you’re in need. People who genuinely care. They are the ones worth keeping in your life. Everyone else is just passing through.
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Care Genuine Inspirational Laugh Life Need People Worth
Religion is the impotence of the human mind to deal with occurrences it cannot understand.
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Human Mind Occurance Religion Understand
The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways. The point, however, is to change it.
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Change Interpret Philosophy Resistance World
The less you eat, drink and read books; the less you go to the theatre, the dance hall, the public house; the less you think, love, theorize, sing, paint, fence, etc.
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Book Dance Eat Inspirational Paint Reading Theatre

A commodity appears at first sight an extremely obvious, trivial thing. But its analysis brings out that it is a very strange thing, abounding in metaphysical subtleties and theological niceties.

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A commodity appears at first sight an extremely obvious, trivial thing. But its analysis brings out that it is a very strange thing, abounding in metaphysical subtleties and theological niceties.

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