“There is something in human history like retribution; and it is a rule of historical retribution that its instrument be forged not by the offended, but by the offender himself. The first blow dealt to the French monarchy proceeded from the nobility, not from the peasants. The Indian revolt does not commence with the ryots, tortured, dishonoured and stripped naked by the British, but with the sepoys, clad, fed and petted, fatted and pampered by them.” FirstsHumansDoeInstrumentsHistoricalBlowBritishNakedIndianFedsOffendedNobilityHuman HistoryMonarchyPeasantsRevoltRetributionForgedOffendersPampered Book:India, National Liberation and Class Struggles: A Collection of Classical Marxist Writings Source: India, National Liberation and Class Struggles: A Collection of Classical Marxist Writings
“It appeared to me that the dignity of which human existence is capable is not attainable by devotion to the mechanism of life , and that unless contemplation of eternal things is preserved, mankind will become no better than well-fed pigs.” HumansWellsExistenceMankindEternalCapableDignityDevotionContemplationFedsMechanismPigsHuman Existence Book:Autobiography Source: Autobiography