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163 Medieval quotes by 143 unique authors

The 'gallows' are not only a symbol of death, but also a symbol of cruelty, terror and irreverence for life; the common denominator of primitive… — Arthur Koestler
Humanity today is like a waking dreamer, caught between the fantasies of sleep and the chaos of the real world. The mind seeks but cannot… — E. O. Wilson
No medieval monarch in the whole of British history ever had such power as every modern British Prime Minister has in his or her hands.… — Tony Benn
The museums of medieval Europe, from Holland to Tuscany, are crammed with instruments and devices upon which the holy men labored devoutly, in order to… — Christopher Hitchens
No stigma attaches to the love of money in America, and provided it does not exceed the bounds imposed by public order, it is held… — Alexis de Tocqueville
Baseball and cricket are beautiful and highly stylized medieval war substitutes, chess made flesh, a mixture of proud chivalry and base-in both senses-greed. — John Fowles
Historically, art has always had a market. When one medieval fiefdom defeated another they would drag back its jewels, gold, tapestries and art objects as… — Arne Glimcher
Every outbreak across the globe today stems from a descendant of the medieval plague. — Hendrik Poinar
Sarajevo was this beautiful city, very cosmopolitan, multiethnic, full of wonderful people, artists and writers and poets and Serbs and Muslims and Croats, and living… — Janine di Giovanni
We had extremely democratic town councils in medieval Italy which knew the value of working together, and every now and then, down the centuries, this… — Dario Fo
Every European goes on the streets and sees medieval churches. Not if you live in Indianapolis. — Umberto Eco
I was brought up in Florence, a beautiful medieval town whose rhythm is completely in antiquity. — Oleg Cassini
I tell my students that being a writer is like being a member of a medieval guild and that what we are doing is very… — Jayne Anne Phillips
The synagogues of late antiquity and the early medieval period were built around imagery: imagery of remembering the Temple, but also of the celestial zodiac,… — Simon Schama
When the Great Fire of London destroyed most of the medieval city in 1666, Christopher Wren was invited to design a new one. Within days,… — Norman Foster
In the ancient world, taxes were paid in kind: landowners paid in crops or livestock; the landless paid with their labor. Taxing trade made medieval… — Jill Lepore
I was very priggish as a child. I saved up for a book on medieval English nunneries, for which I was despised by my friends. — Claire Tomalin
Bruges is a beautiful medieval city almost untouched by time. If you like jazz, you will be well catered for. If you like chocolate and… — James Frain
From medieval tapestries, we know that slingers were capable of hitting birds in flight. They were incredibly accurate. — Malcolm Gladwell
Modern Americans suffer from a fear of judging. Passing judgment on the behavior of fellow human beings is considered an act of medieval, undemocratic intolerance. — Lewis B. Smedes
A seventeenth-century house can be recognized by its steep roof, massive central chimney and utter porchlessness. Some of those houses have a second-story overhang, emphasizing… — John Updike
We live in this era that has benefited from the Industrial Revolution, and we live with a kind of luxury and plenty that even all… — David Liss
My novels about medieval Wales were set in unexplored terrain; my readers did not know what lay around every bend in the road. — Sharon Kay Penman
It usually takes me about three years to research and write one of my historical sagas; this is one reason why I take medieval mystery… — Sharon Kay Penman
Your chances of dying a violent death are 1/500th of what they used to be during medieval times. — Peter Diamandis

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