Peasant Quotes

130 Peasant quotes by 116 unique authors

If ever there was a slamming of the door in the face of constructive investigation, it is the word miracle. To a medieval peasant, a… — Richard Dawkins
I mean, my people were very, very simple. They were peasant people, you know? — James Earl Jones
There is but one stage for the peasant and the actor. — Henry David Thoreau
I believe in reincarnation. In my last life I was a peasant. Next time around, I'd like to be an eagle. Who hasn't dreamed they… — Lee Trevino
Every marriage tends to consist of an aristocrat and a peasant. Of a teacher and a learner. — John Updike
That a peasant may become king does not render the kingdom democratic. — Woodrow Wilson
And it is clear that in the colonial countries the peasants alone are revolutionary, for they have nothing to lose and everything to gain. The… — Frantz Fanon
Studies have shown that an ant can carry one hundred times its own weight, but there is no known limit to the lifting power of… — Terry Pratchett
In the work of art the truth of an entity has set itself to work. ‘To set’ means here: to bring to a stand. Some… — Martin Heidegger
They wanted to carry her, but she jumped to the stones of the plaza and strode away from the building, toward her ranks, which parted… — Neal Stephenson
Exploration was for those with a measure of peasant blood, those with big thighs and thick ankles who could take punishment as they took bread… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
Sir Beldevere: What makes you think she's a witch? Peasant 3: Well, she turned me into a newt! Sir Beldevere: A newt? Peasant 3: [meekly… — Graham Chapman
A man's bookcase will tell you everything you'll ever need to know about him," my father had told me more than once. "A businessman has… — Walter Mosley
Far from his illness The wolves ran on through the evergreen forests, The peasant river was untempted by the fashionable quays; By mourning tongues The… — Wystan Hugh Auden
The goofiness of radicals thinking they have to dress in Guatemalan peasant clothes. The poor don't want you to look like them. They want you… — Tracy Kidder
Like any normal fifth grader, I preferred my villains to be evil and stay that way, to act like Dracula rather than Frankenstein's monster, who… — David Sedaris
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 that make me?… — Jordan Sonnenblick
Many...have learned that the magnitude of lives is not as to their external displacements, but as to their subjective experiences. The impressionable peasant leads a… — Thomas Hardy
Give me a few minutes.” “You have time.” He sat in the grass. “Are you just going to sit there and watch me?” “Yes. Watching… — Ilona Andrews
Turkey's true master is the peasant. — Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
The emperor is naked!" The parade stopped. The emperor paused. A hush fell over the crowd, until one quick-thinking peasant shouted: "No, he isn't. The… — James Finn Garner
The 3-legged stool of understanding is held up by history, languages, and mathematics. Equipped with those three you can learn anything you want to learn.… — Robert A. Heinlein
Thought's a luxury. Do you think the peasant sits and thinks of God and Democracy when he gets inside his mud hut at night? — Graham Greene
I thank God daily for the good fortune of my birth, for I am certain I would have made a miserable peasant. — C S Forester
Indians are the Italians of Asia and vice versa. Every man in both countries is a singer when he is happy, and every woman is… — Gregory David Roberts

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