He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home. From LearnThat.org. [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832), German philosopher, scientist & writer.]
The peasant is one of the most interesting factors in all Russia. From Wordnik.com. [The Five Year PlanRussia's Challenge to Capitalism] Reference
Mike, Who was it that came 2000 years ago, that you call a peasant?. From Wordnik.com. [Recent Activity] Reference
You are not a better man than any peasant from the Serbian villages. From Wordnik.com. [Serbia in Light and Darkness With Preface by the Archbishop of Canterbury, (1916)] Reference
For the Latin American peasant this would be a true fantasy, a dream. From Wordnik.com. [THIRD NATL MEETING OF COOPERATIVES] Reference
The peasant is bound to the soil so that the land owner may serve the government. From Wordnik.com. [Russia] Reference
The daughters of slain Filipino peasant activist Eddie Gumanoy - Rose Anne, 21, and Fatima, 17. From Wordnik.com. Reference
I knelt beside an old peasant from the Campagna and a young girl; she looked ill – but oh, so pretty!. From Wordnik.com. [Jenny: A Novel] Reference
The Latin American peasant does not have water, electricity, doctors, medicine, or vaccination campaigns. From Wordnik.com. [THIRD NATL MEETING OF COOPERATIVES] Reference
He and his friends are involved in a fatal accident where a peasant is killed, but they let the matter rest there. From Wordnik.com. [Naguib Mahfouz – The Son of Two Civilizations] Reference
At one end they were dressed in peasant costume while where we stood were very attractive girls in aristocractic outfitrs. From Wordnik.com. [Exclusive Photos of Casanova Shoot in Venice] Reference
Today, not only in peasant homes but also in the city sky-scrapers, there lives alongside the twentieth century the tenth or thirteenth. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Man] Reference
The peasant was a born thrall to the owner of the land, and could. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 109, November, 1866] Reference
Being a peasant is not a growth industry and we needn’t import more. From Wordnik.com. [Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » The Narrow-Mindedness of Zero-Sum Thinking] Reference
The peasant is the most numerous and exploited class in the semifeudal economy. From Wordnik.com. [Crisis of the Semifeudal Economy - Lectures on Phillippine Crisis and Revolution] Reference
“A dream?” repeated Vronsky, and instantly he recalled the peasant of his dream. From Wordnik.com. [Anna Karenina] Reference
The peasant is the symbol of the revolution and the weapon through which it will succeed. From Wordnik.com. [CASTRO AGRESS TO RETURN TO PREMIERSHIP] Reference
The Abbe Brossette was right in saying that the state policy of the peasant is his poverty. From Wordnik.com. [Sons of the Soil] Reference
And I guess, to that degree, the idea of peasant food is pretentious — even condescending. From Wordnik.com. [American Bred] Reference
In the section 'On Inheritance' is the principle of the evil, the peasant is the means through which it works. From Wordnik.com. [The Village Rector] Reference
Then successively every peasant, that is, every agriculturist tilling the soil with his own hands, became enslaved. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 45, July, 1861] Reference
The Americans were humiliated in Vietnam by one rag-tag peasant army, and the Russians were humiliated in Afghanistan by another. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
So in the nineteenth century, just as in the Middle Ages, the poverty of the peasant is a source of wealth to the landed proprietor. From Wordnik.com. [The Conquest of Bread] Reference
Surely, this saying of a peasant is a fine one: "Father So-and-So, your wife has died of her malady; why did you not send for the doctor?". From Wordnik.com. [Les Misérables] Reference
It's not surprising that traditional hearty "peasant" cooking turns out to be so healthy. From Wordnik.com. [Kathy Freston: The Weight Loss Hype: Why Counting Calories Never Works] Reference
And is every woman -- for they are mostly women -- in a field or garden or market a "peasant"?. From Wordnik.com. [An Intimate Exhibition] Reference
After seeing the report on "Dead peasant Policies" the word "peasant" has been rattling around in my head for days. From Wordnik.com. [Bloody Peasants] Reference
The "peasant" forces will surely remain strong and shape Poland's politics, including its foreign policy within the EU. From Wordnik.com. [The Twins' Poland] Reference
Those who farm in the US distance themselves from the term peasant, thinking it connotes a tenant, sharecropper, a small farmer or mere farm worker. From Wordnik.com. [Energy Bulletin -] Reference
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