Carrie Quote by Yoshida Shoin

“While I have the floor, here's a question that's been bothering me for some time. Why do so few writers of heroic or epic…

— David Brin

“So the peasants are used as targets in war?” I doubted. “Does the Overhead feel that is necessary to kill off one of their…

— B.C. Doyle

Firstly, the farmers, the most stupid set of people in existence, who, clinging to feudal prejudices, burst forth in masses, ready to die rather…

— Friedrich Engels

For a leader to pick his own successor is a feudal practice.

— Deng Xiaoping

Nothing surprises me about the Lords.

— Christopher Monckton

“And where are the other gentry that were taken?—the real leaders of this plaguey rebellion. Grey’s case explains their absence, I think. They are…

— Rafael Sabatini

Manner and morals have improved, improved wages and world travel during the war have had effect, and the farm labourer now is an intelligent,…

— Flora Thompson

“My son, be rich and live your own life! Tell yourself that you're the incarnation of an ancient aristocracy. Model yourself on the feudal…

— Colette

One who was born in the house of a warrior, regardless of his rank or class, first acquaints himself with a man of military…

— Takeda Shingen

A grass blade believes that men build palaces for it to grow in. Grass wedges its way between the closest blocks of marble and…

— Honore de Balzac

He is as full of valor as of kindness. Princely in both.

— William Shakespeare

“Tangled grasses lie matted with death, but generals keep at it. And for what? Isn't it clear that weapons are the tools of misery?…

— Anonymous