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Peasant Quotes

Humble roots, honest food, and shared identity.

This collection of peasant quotes treats the word with real affection, praising Sicilian cooking as honest peasant food and reflecting on how national character often traces back to peasant roots. It's less about hardship and more about grounded, everyday class identity.

Last Updated on May 30, 2021

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Nov 07, 2020

I like Sicilian food. It's real peasant food.

Quotes by Raymond Kelly

Nov 07, 2020

Scratch a Russian, and you'll find a peasant.

Quotes by Milla Jovovich

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Nov 07, 2020

For an Italian peasant a telegram from anywhere is a wondrous thing; and a cable from the terrestrial paradise of America is not lightly to be disregarded.

Quotes by Howard K. Smith

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Nov 07, 2020

I am for poetry that is admired by peasant and aristocrat alike.

Quotes by F. Sionil Jose

One quote describes how a simple telegram once felt wondrous to an Italian peasant receiving news from abroad. Another hopes for poetry that speaks equally to peasant and aristocrat, a shared identity across social lines.

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