Belief is a wonderful way to pass the time until the facts come in.
What infinite heart's-easeMust kings neglect, that private men enjoy!And what have kings, that privates have not too,Save ceremony, save general ceremony?And what art thou, thou idle ceremony?What kin...
The peasant is the only species of human being who doesn't like the country and never looks at it.
The link between literacy and revolutions is a well-known historical phenomenon. The three great revolutions of modern European history -- the English, the French and the Russian -- all took place in...
Give the peasants neither life nor death.
The greatest sorrow in the life of a peasant is that his donkey is lost. And the greatest happiness is that he finds it back.