Just as Marx used to say about the French Marxists of the late 'seventies: All I know is that I am not a Marxist.

All history has been a history of class struggles, of struggles between exploited and exploiting, between dominated and dominating classes at various stages of social development.

The state is nothing but an instrument of opression of one class by another - no less so in a democratic republic than in a monarchy.

Terror consists mostly of useless cruelties perpetrated by frightened people in order to reassure themselves.

Freedom is the recognition of necessity.

Everything must justify its existence before the judgment seat of Reason, or give up existence.

Without analysis, no synthesis.

The emancipation of woman will only be possible when woman can take part in production on a large, social scale, and domestic work no longer claims anything but an insignificant amount of her time.

Some laws of state aimed at curbing crime are even more criminal.

An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory.

From the first day to this, sheer greed was the driving spirit of civilization.

Self-control is the chief element in self-respect, and self-respect is the chief element in courage.

Your key hobbies need to be long country walks (get some fresh air in those lungs!), masturbation, and the revolution. Between those three, you should, in the long term, stay relatively sane.

And while a brand is so much more than a company’s logo, the logo is one of the key ambassadors to any brand.

I suspect she must speak without emotion or otherwise entirely lose the self-control that is required to speak to me at all.

What of your sins, Rogue? If the hero encountered you today, would he spare you a date with his sword?

The birds in the sky can never great the king yet their beauty gives the king to stare at them endlessly, wishing to be with them in the sky.

There's a perception that good writing is writing which runs smoothly. But smooth-running prose can work against what you're trying to express in a novel.

We've come to the point where we're no longer able to protect our national values. Where will it all end?

Id be happiest standing at the back, strumming my little banjo where no one could see me.

One should be wary of talking on end about such subjects as learning, morality or folklore in front of elders or people of rank. It is disagreeable to listen to.