"The other classes of which society was composed were, first, freemen, owners of small portions of land, independent, though they sometimes voluntarily became the vassals of their more opulent neighbors, whose power was necessary for their protection."

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Source : Thomas Bulfinch (2012). “The Age of Chivalry: Or Legends of King Arthur”, p.10, The Floating Press

Thomas Bulfinch

#Independent Quotes #Land Quotes #Class Quotes

“For every hour of brains, you will be charged three hours. The other two hours go to management and project management, which is to say they are wasted.”
“Oh, I constantly say things that I regret. I mortify myself constantly. But that's just part of the deal. I'm not really sure what's going to come out of my mouth.”
“Where once my careless childhood strayed, / A stranger yet to pain.”
“Most people would rather not hear about the environment because it's scary, so my goal was to write something that was readable so that people would learn a lot and not be so depressed that they would throw the book away.”

Source : Source: www.today.com
“The Harlem of my books was never meant to be real; I never called it real; I just wanted to take it away from the white man if only in my books.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I'm always showing pictures off. I have to be careful who I show them to because of who I am, obviously, but I'm a proud father.”
“The nice thing about animation is that you can realise your inventions without understanding all the hard theory.”

Source : "A dog's life" by Robin McKie, www.theguardian.com. September 17, 2005.
“...the first step in the revolution by the working class, is to raise the proletariat to the position of ruling class, to win the battle for democracy.”

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