Only from the one deep conviction which is the essence of my mental being can I draw inspiration and courage for my art, for only through this conviction can I love it; if this conviction were to separate me from my friends, I should bid farewell to art-and probably turn clodhopper.
"Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt, Volume 1"
Francis Hueffer (translator)
This looks like paradox; but you've found out now that the peasant and clodhopper isn't malleable; he can't be forced down and kept under like the noble.
"The Lesser Bourgeoisie"
Honore de Balzac
When a barbarian insults me, I take it as a foul word from a clodhopper, which does not hurt me, but may damage his own self-respect, if he cherishes such an illusion.
"Springhaven A Tale of the Great War"
R. D. Blackmore