Affair Quote by Giuseppe Verdi

“By reason of his species and his manners, the peasant comes below the pig. He finds moral life profoundly repugnant. If by chance he…

— Eduardo Galeano

The lord is the peasant that was, The peasant is the lord that shall be.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“I am only a peasant by position, not by nature!”

— Thomas Hardy

Blessed are the poor in spirit." Blessed are they who are stripped of every thing, even of their own wills, that they may no…

— Francois Fenelon

“Now this peasant came petition him an eighth time; he said: “0 high steward, my lord! Men fall low through greed. The rapacious man…

— Miriam Lichtheim

The peasant wants only to be left alone to prosper in peace.

— Niccolo Machiavelli

Blessed, blessed is their Guru, whose mouth tastes the Ambrosial Fruit of the Lord.

— Guru Gobind Singh

“He who will not work shall not eat.' Yet, so strong is the propensity to be thought 'gentlemen;' so general is this desire amongst…

— William A. (William Andrus) Alcott

He who spins before the poor, inviting them to do likewise, serves God as no one else does.

— Mahatma Gandhi

If God grants me longer life, I will see to it that no peasant in my kingdom will lack the means to have a…

— Henry IV of France

He is blessed over all mortals who loses no moment of the passing life in remembering the past

— Henry David Thoreau

“The stress of farming had far-reaching consequences. It was the foundation of large-scale political and social systems. Sadly, the diligent peasants almost never achieved…

— Yuval Noah Harari