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“Tis Fate that flings the dice, And as she flings Of kings makes peasants, And of peasants kings.”

Fate Kings Peasants Dice Fling

Author:John Dryden

“A breath of our inspiration Is the life of each generation; A wondrous thing of our dreaming Unearthly, impossible seeming — The soldier, the king, and the peasant Are working together in one, Till our dream shall become their present, And their work in the world be done.”

World Done Dream Inspiration Together Impossible Generations Kings Breaths Soldier Working Together Our Dreams Peasants Seeming Wondrous

Author:Arthur O'Shaughnessy

“He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.”

Home Happiness Joy Peace Kings Laughter Simplicity Being Happy Peasants Finding Peace Joy And Happiness Joy Happiness Home Sweet Home Home Is Where The Heart Is Home Home Sweet Home House And Home Home Place

Author:Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“It's the Democrats whose position is that the only problem in Washington, D.C., is the peasants aren't sending enough cash in for the king to spend.”

Enough Position Kings Democrat Cash Peasants

Author:Grover Norquist

“These are the hands whose sturdy labor brings The peasant's food, the golden pomp of kings; This is the page whose letters shall be seen, Changed by the sun to words of living green; This is the scholar whose immortal penSpells the first lesson hunger taught to men; These are the lines that heaven-commanded Toil Shows on his deed, - the charter of the soil!”

Men Life Firsts Shows Hands Heaven Lines Sun Changed Taught Kings Lessons Pages Garden Labor Letters Green Hunger Deeds Golden Soil Immortal Scholar Toil Peasants Charter Sturdy

Author:Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

“Whoever wrote Shakespeare is a working class hero be he an aristocrat or a peasant. Shakespeare is a great leveler. We're presented with kings, queens, emperors and giants who feel the same things as everyone else: jealousy, love, anger, bitterness, grief, loss.”

Feels Loss Grief Class Kings Hero Queens Giants Bitterness Working Class Peasants Emperor Grief Loss Love Jealousy Anger Love Working Class Hero

Author:Rhys Ifans

“The Bible goes equally to the cottage of the peasant, and the palace of the king. - It is woven into literature, and colors the talk of the street. The bark of the merchant cannot sail without it; and no ship of war goes to the conflict but it is there. It enters men's closets; directs their conduct, and mingles in all the grief and cheerfulness of life.”

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Author:Theodore Parker

“That a peasant may become king does not render the kingdom democratic.”

May Doe Democracy Kings Election Democratic Kingdoms Cynical Peasants

Book:The papers of Woodrow Wilson

Source: The papers of Woodrow Wilson

“I did not set out to be beloved and just, only strong." 'A King can be better than that," the Prince insisted. "And so we all begin, determined to better our fathers' performances, knowing we can change the very nature of humanity, make it better, cleaner. But then daggers strike in the night, and peasants revolt, and all manner of atrocities become a necessity as breakfast. Only Princes believe in the greater good. Kings know there is only Reign, and all things may be committed in its holy name.”