"I am stretching out this volume, since..." - Quote by Karl Marx
I am stretching out this volume, since those German dogs estimate the value of books by their cubic contents.
More by Karl Marx
“The first premise of all human history is, of course, the existence of living human individuals. Thus the first fact to be established is the physical organisation of these individuals and their consequent relation to the rest of nature.”
“Anyone wanting a new house picks one from among those built on speculation or still in process of construction. The builder no longer works for his customers but for the market.”
“The more powerful the work, the more powerless the worker.”
More on Writing
“I certainly do not adore the writer's discipline. I have lost lovers, endangered friendships, and blundered into eccentricity, impelled by a concentration which usually is to be found only in the minds of people about to be executed in the next half hour.”
“Warfare is the father of all good things, it is also the father of good prose!”
“I spent three days a week for 10 years educating myself in the public library, and it's better than college. People should educate themselves - you can get a complete education for no money. At the end of 10 years, I had read every book in the library and I'd written a thousand stories.”
More on Value
“A good woman is a hidden treasure; who discovers her will do well not to boast about it.”
“Even short words of encouragement is enough to enlighten one's darkened minds and make things a little bit easier to handle. You might be searching for short motivational quotes, that's why I'm here to give you a set of the best short inspiring quotes. Try not to become a man of success but a man of value.”
“Only the traveling is good which reveals to me the value of home and enables me to enjoy it better.”