On a level plain, simple mounds look like hills; and the insipid flatness of our present bourgeoisie is to be measured by the altitude of its great intellects.
Source: Capital, vol. 1, ch. 16, 1867.
-- Karl Marx, (May 5 1818-1883), German socialist leader, philosopher; He originated the idea of modern communism (Marxism); wrote Communist Manifesto, 1848.