Common Folk Quotes

• Let us beware of common folk, of common sense, of sentiment, of inspiration, and of the obvious.

  Charles Baudelaire

  Inspiration, Common Sense, Literature

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• Common folk didn't have last names in the 8th and 9th centuries.

  Chelsea Quinn Yarbro

  Names, Lasts, Century

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• I remember when Langston Hughes used to write a column in black newspapers around this character Jesse B. Semple. He always used that as a voice, sometimes in comic ways, of having everyday people's voice come through this common folk hero, who was an ordinary working guy. He would talk about anything from police brutality to the Korean War. Those kinds of expression and identification are no longer prevalent in our popular culture.

  Danny Glover

  War, Hero, Character

  Source: progressive.org

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• The most popular man under a democracy is not the most democratic man, but the most despotic man. The common folk delight in the exactions of such a man. They like him to boss them. Their natural gait is the goose step.

  H. L. Mencken

  Men, Boss, Democracy

  H. L. Mencken, Marion Elizabeth Rodgers (2010). “H.L. Mencken: Prejudices: First, Second, and Third Series”, Hubsta Ltd

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• Gehrig was not like the common folk; Created, was he, like the strongest oak.

  Willard Mullin

  Folks, Strongest, Oaks

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• 　When the leaders speak of peace
  　The common folk know
  　That war is coming
  　When the leaders curse war
  　The mobilization order is already written out. Every day, to earn my daily bread
  　I go to the market where lies are bought
  　Hopefully
  　I take up my place among the sellers.
  　

  Bertolt Brecht

  War, Lying, Order

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• That proves you are unusual,' returned the Scarecrow; 'and I am convinced that the only people worthy of consideration in this world are the unusual ones. For the common folks are like the leaves of a tree, and live and die unnoticed.

  L. Frank Baum

  People, Tree, World

  L. Frank Baum (2016). “30+ FANTASY ADVENTURES & FAIRY TALES – Ultimate Collection (Magical World Series): The Wizard of Oz Series, Dot and Tot of Merryland, Mother Goose in Prose, The Magical Monarch of Mo, American Fairy Tales, The Master Key, The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus, The Sea Fairies…”, p.234, e-artnow

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• Commanding goodness and forbiding to do evil (are) for the amendment and correction of society and the common folks.

  Fatima bint Muhammad

  Evil, Goodness, Amendments

  "Ayan al-Shī'ah". Book by Fatima bint Muhammad, vol.1, p. 316,

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• When the leaders speak of peace, the common folk know war is coming.

  Bertolt Brecht

  War, Leader, Speak

  Bertolt Brecht, Ralph Manheim (1987). “Poems, 1913-1956”, p.287, Taylor & Francis

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• It is my belief one should not belittle the artist; while, however glorious his fame may seem, his time on Mount Olympus as an honourable guest of Zeus is short. It's a pity, but all too eager will the common folk drag him from this etherial heights to the low and trodden earth.

  Ludwig van Beethoven

  Artist, Olympus, Earth

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