Action without study is fatal.

- Mary Beard

There's a difference between what I would like to have been and what I would have been. I always fantasized about being a reforming judge or prison g…

- Mary Beard

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 wh…

- Mary Beard

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

If being a decent soul is being maternal, then fine. I'll call it human.

- Mary Beard