Mary Beard Quotes

"In their (women) quest for rights they have naturally placed emphasis on their wrongs rather than their achievements and possessions, and have retold history as a story of their long martyrdom"

"Viewed narrowly, all life is universal hunger and the expression of energy associated with it."

"While it is generally agreed that the visible expressions and agencies are necessary instruments, civilization seems to depend far more fundamentally upon the moral and intellectual qualities of human beings -- upon the spirit that animates mankind."

"The volumes which record the history of the human race are filled with the deeds and the words of great men . . . [but] The Twentieth Century Woman . . . questions the completeness of the story."

"The dogma of woman's complete historical subjection to men must be rated as one of the most fantastic myths ever created by the human mind"