Bourgeois

Famous quotes containing the word bourgeois:

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

“The bourgeois takes economic power very seriously, and often worships it quite unselfishly.”
—Nicolai A. Berdyaev (1874–1948)

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