Mary Beard quotes

“It doesn’t much matter what line of argument you take as a woman. If you venture into traditional male territory, the abuse comes anyway. It’s not what you say that prompts it—it’s the fact that you are saying it.”
-- Mary Beard

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“If being a decent soul is being maternal, then fine. I'll call it human.”
-- Mary Beard

Source : "Mary Beard reveals she befriended Twitter trolls following online abuse" by Hannah Ellis-Petersen, www.theguardian.com. August 27, 2014.

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“Action without study is fatal....”
-- Mary Beard

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“It doesn’t much matter what line of argument you take as a woman. If you venture into traditional male territory, the abuse comes anyway. It’s not what you say that prompts it - it’s the fact that you are saying it.”
-- Mary Beard

Source : "The Troll Slayer" by Rebecca Mead, www.newyorker.com. September 1, 2014.

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“Fame is fickle. If the media turn against me, I will just have more time in the library. Not bad as a fate.”
-- Mary Beard

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“Right now, I'm following the Buddhist principle: Smile as abuse is hurled your way and this too shall pass.”

“A fondness for power is implanted in most men, and it is natural to abuse it when acquired.”

Source : Alexander Hamilton, John Church Hamilton (1850). “The Works of Alexander Hamilton: Miscellanies, 1774-1789: A full vindication; The farmer refuted; Quebec bill; Resolutions in Congress; Letters from Phocion; New-York Legislature, etc”, p.84

“Child abuse damages a person for life and that damage is in no way diminished by the ignorance of the perpetrator. It is only with the uncovering of the complete truth as it affects all those involved that a genuinely viable solution can be found to the dangers of child abuse.”

“To line only for some unknown future is superficial.”

“You throw a perfectly straight line at the audience and then, right at the end, you curve it. Good jokes do that.”

“As I’m so often reminded what a priceless gift my life is, I ache with everything in me to make it count, so that when I finally cross the finish line, I’ll hear the words, 'Well done, good and faithful servant.”

“The poet lives as long as his lines are imprinted on the minds of his readers.”

“That's the beauty of starting lines: Until you begin a new venture, you never know what awaits you.”

“Whoever starts out toward the unknown must consent to venture alone.”

“If I may venture to be frank I would say about myself that I was every inch a gentleman ...”