Common Folk Quotes:

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

- Charles Baudelaire

topic: Inspiration, Common Folk, Common Sense

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

topic: Artist, Common Folk, Olympus

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

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

topic: Men, Common Folk, Boss, Gait

　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

topic: War, Lying, Common Folk, Mobilization

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

- Chelsea Quinn Yarbro

topic: Names, Lasts, Common, Common Folk

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

source: Source: progressive.org

topic: War, Hero, Character, Korean War, Police Brutality

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

- Willard Mullin

topic: Common, Folks, Strongest, Oaks, Common Folk

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

source: 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

topic: People, Tree, World, Scarecrow, Common Folk

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

- Fatima bint Muhammad

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

topic: Evil, Common, Goodness, Common Folk

　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

topic: War, Lying, Order, Common Folk