Peasant Quotes

130 quotes by 120 authors

He came, not as a flash of light or as an unapproachable conqueror, but as one whose first cries were heard by a peasant girl… — Max Lucado
The stupider the peasant, the better the horse understands him. — Anton Chekhov
The earth is the earth as a peasant sees it, the world is the world as a duchess sees it, and anyway a duchess would… — Gertrude Stein
For an Italian peasant a telegram from anywhere is a wondrous thing; and a cable from the terrestrial paradise of America is not lightly to… — Howard K. Smith
All men are by nature equal, made all of the same earth by one Workman; and however we deceive ourselves, as dear unto God is… — Plato
I think that what's so interesting about her is that she took to an extreme her embrace of peasant life even though she was a… — Tom Jaine
Chili is one of the great peasant foods. It is one of the few contributions America has made to world cuisine. Eaten with corn bread,… — Rex Stout
Chekhov said: let's put God - and all these grand progressive ideas - to one side. Let's begin with man; let's be kind and attentive… — Vasily Grossman
The poor ignorant fellah [Arabic for peasant] does not worry about politics, but when he is told repeatedly by people in whom he has confidence… — Chaim Weizmann
The anarch is oriented to facts, not ideas. He fights alone, as a free man, and would never dream of sacrificing himself to having one… — Ernst Junger
It was the Faith which gradually and indirectly transformed the slave into the serf, and the serf into the free peasant. . . . You… — Hilaire Belloc
Women sometimes seem to share a quiet, unalterable dogma of persecution that endows even the most sophisticated of them with the inarticulate poignancy of the… — Zelda Fitzgerald
Oh blessed a thousand times the peasant who is born, eats and dies without anybody bothering about his affairs. — Giuseppe Verdi
Could I but know all, I would have the faith of a Breton peasant woman — Louis Pasteur
The general of a large army may be defeated, but you cannot defeat the determined mind of a peasant. — Confucius
He (Hitler) is thinking about the peasant girls. When they stand in the fields and bend down at their work so that you can see… — Ernst Rohm
Ask yourself why totalitarian dictatorships find it necessary to pour money and effort into propaganda for their own helpless, chained, gagged slaves, who have no… — Ayn Rand
The university should color itself black and color itself mulattoâ€”not just as regards students but also professors Today the people stand at the door of… — Che Guevara
N. S. Khrushchev established his supremacy in the U.S.S.R. after post-Stalinist alarums and excursions (1958-64). This admirable rough diamond, a believer in reform and peaceful… — Eric Hobsbawm
Where Chanel came from in France is anyoneâ€™s guess. She said one thing one day and another thing the next. She was a peasantâ€”and a… — Diana Vreeland

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