I think you have to realize that most ancient warfare is really kind of hit and run, honestly. You go and you bash down the walls of some enemy 50 miles away and you take some slaves, you take some cattle, probably a bit of cash too, and then you say goodbye and go home and you probably do the same thing next year - or try to, or they do it to you.
タグ: go, think, home, you

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I was not much good as a waitress.
タグ: much, good
You always regret upsetting people needlessly.
タグ: always, regret, people, you
What interests me is the idea that classics is actually quite democratic. It isn't only the toff, upper-class subject it's often thought to be. Every generation enjoys rediscovering it.
タグ: thought, only, generation, me
What politicians do is they never get the rhetoric wrong, and the price they pay is they don't speak the truth as they see it. Now, I will speak truth as I see it, and sometimes I don't get the rhetoric right. I think that's a fair trade-off.
タグ: will, never, think, truth
When it comes to silencing women, Western culture has had thousands of years of practice.
タグ: years, practice, culture, women
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