Mary Beard Roman military tactics were much over-rated. All the clever ones had the same idea, which was to go round the back. – Mary Beard Clever Quotes Idea Quotes Military Quotes Overrated Quotes Roman Quotes Tactics Quotes The thing about being a university teacher is that you’re fairly tolerant about young people saying things they shouldn’t have said. You don’t overturn x-thousand years of patriarchy in a generation.
Amiri Baraka There will be, and should be, reams and reams of analysis, even praise, for our friend but also even larger measures of non-analysis and, certainly, condemnation for James Baldwin, the Negro writer. – Amiri Baraka
Sylvester McCoy They were the books to read, ‘The Hobbit’ and ‘The Lord of the Rings.’ A rite of passage going through life. – Sylvester McCoy
Petrarch True, we love life, not because we are used to living, but because we are used to loving. There is always some madness in love, but there is also always some reason in madness. – Petrarch
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