Every peasant has a lawyer inside of him, just as every lawyer, no matter how urbane he may be, carries a peasant within himself.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Everyone contains conflicting social instincts regardless of their profession or class.
- In plain terms
- All people have traits of both the common worker and the professional inside them.
- What can you take from it?
- Recognize that human nature is universal regardless of social status.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Which side do you lean towards more?
- How does class shape behavior?
Another view
Social status often creates real divides that identity ignores.
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