Bourgeois

Famous quotes containing the word bourgeois:

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

“The bourgeois stands like a question mark,
Speechless, like the hungry cur,
The ancient world stands there behind him,
A mongrel dog, afraid to stir.”
—Alexander Blok (1880–1921)

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