There is nothing like oratory, it is a skill that can turn…

It will be said that the joy of mental adventure must be rare, that there are few who can appreciate it, and that ordinary…

— Bertrand Russell

Some commoners are less common than others.

— Alan Hamilton

“Whether people see you as a shadow or as an invisible or stupid sort of thing, a time will come when that Image of…

— Michael Bassey Johnson

Prince or commoner, tenor or bass, Painter or plumber or never-do-well, Do me a favor and shut your face - Poets alone should kiss…

— Dorothy Parker

Like a wind crying endlessly through the universe, Time carries away the names and the deeds of conquerors and commoners alike. And all that…

— Harlan Ellison

You didn’t really hold back on Braga so Pickering could kill him, did you?” Royce asked after the two were left alone in the…

— Michael J. Sullivan

The first principle of my own philosophy is that wisdom is meant for anyone who wishes to reach for it. It is the servant…

— L. Ron Hubbard

In recent years it has become impossible to talk about man's relation to nature without referring to "ecology"...such leading scientists in this area as…

— Rachel Carson

[John] Adams's perception of Europe, and especially France, was clearly different than [Tomas] Jefferson's. For Jefferson, the luxury and sophistication of Europe only made…

— Gordon S. Wood

“Woe is the mind of the common man, so easily controlled by the prospect of an ambition never to be truly attained. This is…

— Evan Meekins

Nothing, however, can be more arrogant, though nothing is commoner than to assume that of Gods there is only one, and of religions none…

— Virginia Woolf

Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look

— Julius Caesar

So long as there are nobles and commoners, the wealthy and the poor, those with power will be heard, and those without ignored. That's…

— Tamora Pierce

Well, I've got something to tell you, In my last life I was a Spanish Count and one of the things I loved to…

— Gilles Gratton

Until philosophers are kings, or the kings and princes of this world have the spirit and power of philosophy, and political greatness and wisdom…

— Plato