"Adrienne Mayor's inquiry into the myth--and surprising reality--of……" — Steven Saylor
"Adrienne Mayor's inquiry into the myth--and surprising reality--of Amazon women begins with the fierce Greek huntress Atalanta, but takes us deep into the past and as far afield as the Great Wall of China. With the restless curiosity and meticulous scholarship that have become her hallmark, the author once again has found a gap in my bookshelf and filled it, admirably."
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12 Quotes by Steven Saylor
Steven Saylor has 12 quotes on this site.
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In politics, reality and appearance are of equal importance. You cannot attend to one and neglect the other. A man…
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When I was a boy, my grandfather taught me the list of kings: Romulus, Numa Pompilius, Tullus Hostilius, Ancus Marcius,…
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There is a fine sense of freedom that comes from wandering about a familiar city with no particular destination in…
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Even the crudest, most derivative novel is an expression of the author's hopes and fears and ideas about good and…
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We all have a lot of people inside us, yet we get to live only one life. Fiction lets us…
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Writing a first novel takes so much effort, with such little promise of result or reward, that it must necessarily…
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Some men are one thing on the surface and another underneath. The true poet shows not just the exterior of…
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Im like the painter with his nose to the canvas, fussing over details. Gazing from a distance, the reader sees…
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Not write what you know, but know what you write. If you write about a world before, after, or other…
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I can't say I had an ideal father, and I'm not a father myself.
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All writing is an act of self-exploration. Even a grocery list says something about you; how much more does a…
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Mixing one's wines may be a mistake, but old and new wisdom mix admirably.
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Buffon, who, with all his theoretical ingenuity and extraordinary eloquence, I suspect had little actual information in the science on…
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How can it be that mathematics, being after all a product of human thought which is independent of experience, is…
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Gorbachev's stance contrasts admirably with the policy of the sainted Abraham Lincoln, who used massive force and mass murder to…
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It is the mission of the pedagogue, not to make his pupils think, but to make them think right, and…
— H. L. Mencken
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Educating Lawyers succeeds admirably in describing the educational programs at virtually every American law school. The call for the integration…
— Unknown Author
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Show me a person without prejudice of any kind on any subject and I'll show you someone who may be…
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None can teach admirably if not loving his task.
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What science can there be more noble, more excellent, more useful for men, more admirably high and demonstrative, than this…
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Exploring Ecclesiology is true to its subtitle, being both vibrantly evangelical and admirably ecumenical; it is commendable for its depth,…
— Carl E. Olson
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Chrysostom, I remember, mentions a twofold book of God: the book of the creatures, and the book of the scriptures.…
— Cotton Mather
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Anya looked upon Nin admirably. Having him as a partner-in-crime-if only on this one occasion, which she hoped would only…
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