Bourgeois

Famous quotes containing the word bourgeois:

“Artists are the monks of the bourgeois state.”
—Cesare Pavese (1908–1950)

“In bourgeois society capital is independent and has individuality, while the living person is dependent and has no individuality.”
—Karl Marx (1818–1883)

“Look a here people, listen to me,
Don’t try to find no home in Washington, D.C.
Lord, it’s a bourgeois town, it’s a bourgeois town.”
—Huddie “Leadbelly” Ledbetter (1889–1949)