I'm just some commoner trying to work in acting.
The first principle of my own philosophy is that wisdom is meant for anyone who wishes to reach for it. It is the servant of commoner and king alike and should never be regarded with awe.
Everyone calls himself a friend, but only a fool relies on it; nothing is commoner than the name, nothing rarer than the thing.
I am not a reluctant peer but a persistent commoner
Prince or commoner, tenor or bass, Painter or plumber or never-do-well, Do me a favor and shut your face - Poets alone should kiss and tell.
John Paul II spoke to the commoner and to the king, to the tyrant and to the democrat in that same language of freedom.
A virtue to be serviceable must, like gold, be alloyed with some commoner, but more durable alloy.
Bravely you jog along with the rope of class distinction drawing closer, close, tighter, tighter around you. . . I see it and know it, but I cannot help you. . . I am only an unnecessary, little, bush commoner, I am only a - woman.
Until philosophers are kings, or the kings and princes of this world have the spirit and power of philosophy, and political greatness and wisdom meet in one, and those commoner natures who pursue either to the exclusion of the other are compelled to stand aside, cities will never have rest from their evils - no, nor the human race, as I believe - and then only will this our State have a possibility of life and behold the light of day.
I am a fellow commoner at Lucy Cavendish College. My husband used to be a lecturer at Leeds University, and we lived in Yorkshire for 11 years. When he gave up his job, we realised we could live wherever we liked.
