Civilization is a social plague on the planet, and vices are just as necessary to it as is a virus to disease.
Charles FourierDespots prefer the friendship of the dog, who, unjustly mistreated and debased, still loves and serves the man who wronged him.
Charles FourierOnce upon a time people talked about the infallibility of the pope; today it is that of the merchant which they wish to establish.
Charles Fourier...commerce, which is mistakenly classified among the productive forms of work, ought to be ranked first among the parasitical professions like those of monk, soldier, lawyer etc.
Charles Fourier