Famous quotes containing the words peasant, revolt and/or flanders:
“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)
“I will weep for thee,
For this revolt of thine methinks is like
Another fall of man.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,”
—John McCrae (1872–1918)