Peasant Farmers

Famous quotes containing the words peasant and/or farmers:

“A peasant becomes fond of his pig and is glad to salt away its pork. What is significant, and is so difficult for the urban stranger to understand, is that the two statements are connected by an and and not by a but.”
—John Berger (b. 1926)

“Our farmers round, well pleased with constant gain,
Like other farmers, flourish and complain.”
—George Crabbe (1754–1832)