The general fact of surplus value, namely that the workmen does not get the full value of his labours, and that he is taken advantage of by the capitalist, is obvious.

Great success in examinations does naturally not as a rule go with originality of thought.

When he was twenty-three or twenty-four my father began to learn German and read philosophy in his spare hours, which did not look as though he were destined to remain long on board ship!

My ideas had been taking a socialistic shape for many years; but they were lacking in definite outline.

Making a choice is like backing a horse - in a hundred years, they may decide you picked wrongly.

What is the good of life if its chief element, and that which must always be its chief element, is odious? No, the only true economy is to arrange so that your daily labor shall be itself a joy.

Remember, the serpent is still living in the Garden of Eden. Only the heterosexual couple was expelled.