Famous quotes containing the words middle and/or peasants:
“You can always tell a Midwestern couple in Europe because they will be standing in the middle of a busy intersection looking at a wind-blown map and arguing over which way is west. European cities, with their wandering streets and undisciplined alleys, drive Midwesterners practically insane.”
—Bill Bryson (b. 1951)
“But the peasants—how do the peasants die?”
—Leo Tolstoy (1828–1910)