"Life itself was only futility, vain words, a……" — Michel Foucault

Life itself was only futility, vain words, a squabble of cap and… - Michel Foucault

"Life itself was only futility, vain words, a squabble of cap and bells."

— Michel Foucault

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109 Quotes by Michel Foucault

Michel Foucault has 109 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Chance does not speak essentially through words nor can it be seen in their convolution. It is the eruption of…
To seek in the great accumulation of the already-said the text that resembles "in advance" a later text, to ransack…
Truth is not by nature free-nor error servile-its production is thoroughly imbued with relations of power.
It might be said that all knowledge is linked to the essential forms of cruelty.
The lyricism of marginality may find inspiration in the image of the outlaw, the great social nomad, who prowls on…
In its function, the power to punish is not essentially different from that of curing or educating.
People can tolerate two homosexuals they see leaving together, but the next day they're smiling, holding hands, tenderly embracing one…
Madness is the absolute break with the work of art; it forms the constitutive moment of abolition, which dissolves in…
I wasn't always smart, I was actually very stupid in school [T]here was a boy who was very attractive who…
I belong to that generation who, as students, had before their eyes, and were limited by, a horizon consisting of…
What makes power hold good, what makes it accepted, is simply the fact that it doesn't only weigh on us…
It's not a matter of emancipating truth from every system of power (which would be a chimera, for truth is…

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More Bells Quotes

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Poverty is an anomaly to rich people; it is very difficult to make out why people who want dinner do… — Walter Bagehot
The temple bell stops but I still hear the sound coming out of the flowers. — Matsuo Basho
No wedding bells for me anymore. I've been happily married to my profession for years. — Shirley Bassey
When a nation's young men are conservative, its funeral bell is already rung. — Henry Ward Beecher
I kinda see my current position like this: Here's your five minutes in the toy store, so you gotta do… — Ben Affleck
I used to do bell ringing in Benenden church. It was really good fun, actually. My best friend's dad was… — Jo Brand
The man of the future who will redeem us not only from the hitherto reigning ideal but also from that… — Friedrich Nietzsche
I think Christians fail so often to get answers to their prayers because they do not wait long enough on… — Edward McKendree Bounds
One dumb-bell, Watson! Consider an athlete with one dumb-bell. Picture to yourself the unilateral development - the imminent danger of… — Arthur Conan Doyle
Once more I am the silent one who came out of the distance wrapped in cold rain and bells: I… — Pablo Neruda
I've had my fill of Hitler. These conferences called by the ringing of a bell are not to my liking.… — Benito Mussolini
I want to settle down this last time. I say last, because I don't think I'm in any condition to… — Elaine Stritch

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