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Bourgeoisie3 quotes
Axiom: hatred of the bourgeois is the beginning of wisdom. — Gustave Flaubert · 1867The bourgeois prefers comfort to pleasure, convenience to liberty, and a pleasant temperature to the deathly inner consuming fire. — Hermann Hesse · 1927The bourgeoisie has subjected the country to the rule of the towns. It has created enormous cities, has greatly increased the urban population as compared with the rural, and has thus rescued a considerable part of the population from the idiocy of rural life. — Karl Marx · 1848Class warfare1 quote
Axiom: hatred of the bourgeois is the beginning of wisdom. — Gustave Flaubert · 1867Middle class values1 quote
The bourgeois prefers comfort to pleasure, convenience to liberty, and a pleasant temperature to the deathly inner consuming fire. — Hermann Hesse · 1927Rural vs. urban1 quote
The bourgeoisie has subjected the country to the rule of the towns. It has created enormous cities, has greatly increased the urban population as compared with the rural, and has thus rescued a considerable part of the population from the idiocy of rural life. — Karl Marx · 1848Small town life1 quote
The bourgeoisie has subjected the country to the rule of the towns. It has created enormous cities, has greatly increased the urban population as compared with the rural, and has thus rescued a considerable part of the population from the idiocy of rural life. — Karl Marx · 1848Urbanization1 quote
The bourgeoisie has subjected the country to the rule of the towns. It has created enormous cities, has greatly increased the urban population as compared with the rural, and has thus rescued a considerable part of the population from the idiocy of rural life. — Karl Marx · 1848