Peasants Quotes

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A peasant becomes fond of his pig and is glad to salt away its pork. What is significant, and is so difficult for the urban… — John Berger
I like army boots, I like peasant skirts - sometimes together! So I do know that I have odd taste. — Mayim Bialik
My wife was the first art collector in the family, and I didn't become interested until around 1973. The first important artwork we bought was… — Eli Broad
There cannot be a nation of millionaires, and there never has been a nation of Utopian comrades; but there have been any number of nations… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Those who came to the United States didn't realize they were white until they got here. They were told they were white. They had to… — Cornel West
That all who are happy are equally happy is not true. A peasant and a philosopher may be equally satisfied, but not equally happy. A… — Samuel Johnson
Life in the country teaches one that the really stimulating things are the quiet, natural things, and the really wearisome things are the noisy, unnatural… — Beverley Nichols
In verity we are the poor. This humanity we would claim for ourselves is the legacy, not only of the Enlightenment, but of the thousands… — Mary McCarthy
After a child has arrived at the legal age for attending school,-whether he be the child of noble or of peasant,-the only two absolute grounds… — Horace Mann
This root [the potato], no matter how much you prepare it, is tasteless and floury. It cannot pass for an agreeable food, but it supplies… — Denis Diderot
Drink because you are happy, but never because you are miserable. Never drink when you are wretched without it, or you will be like the… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
I've no desire to hang around with a bunch of upper-class delinquents, do twenty minutes' work and then spend the rest of the day loafing… — Rowan Atkinson
A small number of peasants - brave peasants - shot down two Apaches — Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf
You peasant swain! You whoreson malt-horse drudge! — William Shakespeare
The mighty steam-engine has its germ in the simple boiler in which the peasant prepares his food. The huge ship is but the expansion of… — John Timbs
Both wit and understanding are trifles without integrity. The ignorant peasant without fault is greater than the philosopher with many. What is genius or courage… — Oliver Goldsmith
But the peasants - how do the peasants die? — Leo Tolstoy
Intelligent people need a fool to lead them. When the team's all a bunch of scientists, it is best to have a peasant lead the… — Jack Ma
In living in the world by his own will and skill, the stupidest peasant or tribesman is more competent than the most intelligent worker or… — Wendell Berry
These stupid peasants, who, throughout the world, hold potentates on their thrones, make statesmen illustrious, provide generals with lasting victories, all with ignorance, indifference, or… — Stephen Crane

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