The wisest man may always learn something from the humblest peasant. — Jean Antoine Petit-Senn Copy Share Image
That a peasant may become king does not render the kingdom democratic. — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share Image
“Lying on his bed feels like wiping my dirty peasant feet on the throne.” — Holly Black Copy Share Image
The lord is the peasant that was, The peasant is the lord that shall be. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“The hound and hare were both so wearied that the peasant got them all.” — Luo Guanzhong Copy Share Image
The movements which work revolutions in the world are born out of the dreams and visions in a peasant's heart on the… — James Joyce Copy Share Image
A doctor may know more than a peasant, but a peasant and a doctor know more together. — Dan Buettner Copy Share Image
“My life as a princes, or a peasant, is not worth living without you in it.” — Victoria Alexander Copy Share Image
The prince and the peasant will not be equalized by cutting off the prince's head. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Only with the Internet can a peasant I have never met hear my voice and I can learn what's on his mind.… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
All men are by nature equal, made all of the same earth by one Workman; and however we deceive ourselves, as dear… — Plato Copy Share Image
Give me a few minutes.” “You have time.” He sat in the grass. “Are you just going to sit there and watch… — Ilona Andrews Copy Share Image
Who’s that? That’s the King. Who’s he? The Duke. Who’s she? The Princess. What do they call you? The Count. What does… — Jordan Sonnenblick Copy Share Image
I think a stalwart peasant in sheep-skin coat, born on the soil, whose forefathers have been farmers for ten generations, with a… — Clifford Sifton Copy Share Image
I think that what's so interesting about her is that she took to an extreme her embrace of peasant life even though… — Tom Jaine Copy Share Image
“All men are by nature equal, made of the same earth by one workman; and however we deceive ourselves, as dear unto… — Elizabeth Hunter Copy Share Image
“After we passed a few more houses, the street ceased to mantain any pretense of urbanity, like a man returning to his… — Bruno Schulz Copy Share Image
Many...have learned that the magnitude of lives is not as to their external displacements, but as to their subjective experiences. The impressionable… — Thomas Hardy Copy Share Image
The Americans never use the word peasant, because they have no idea of the class which that term denotes; the ignorance of… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
The anarch is oriented to facts, not ideas. He fights alone, as a free man, and would never dream of sacrificing himself… — Ernst Junger Copy Share Image
It is quite affecting to observe how much the olive tree is to the country people. Its fruit supplies them with food,… — Fredrika Bremer Copy Share Image
These are the hands whose sturdy labor brings The peasant's food, the golden pomp of kings; This is the page whose letters… — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Copy Share Image
There arent many great passages written about food, but I love one by George Millar, who worked for the SOE in the… — Sebastian Faulks Copy Share Image
“And what is a man? He is someone who rises when life has knocked him down. He is someone who raises his… — David Gemmell Copy Share Image
Every lord's mansion stands on the foundation of your bones, soldier, every field has been saturated with your sweat, and you, peasant,… — Wladyslaw Stanislaw Reymont Copy Share Image
I cook a little bit. I make a Hungarian dish called chicken paprikash that's out of this world. I'll give a heads-up… — Adam Carolla Copy Share Image
“A little while ago, I stood by the grave of the old Napoleon —a magnificent tomb of gilt and gold, fit almost… — Robert G. Ingersoll Copy Share Image
“You had to have these peasant leaders quickly in this sort of war and a real peasant leader might be a little… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
“There was a scavenging peasant moving about, whistling as he worked, with an outsize gunny sack on his back. The whitened knuckles… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
“Most peasants did not miss the school. "What's the point?" they would say. "You pay fees and read for years, and in… — Jung Chang Copy Share Image
“The game’s rules were Byzantine, and we had to work them out through trial and error. One rule, which had only gradually… — Alastair Reynolds Copy Share Image
“Peasant families were close-knit. However, as the Black Death swept through village after village, it became difficult for young peasants to find… — Patricia D. Netzley Copy Share Image
“West couldn't simply leave the man like this, he didn't have it in him. "Goodman Heath," he said as he approached, and… — Joe Abercrombie Copy Share Image
“The younger sister was piqued, and in turn disparaged the life of a tradesman, and stood up for that of a peasant.… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
