#bout

Mail armor continued in general use till about the year 1300, when it was gradually supplanted by plate armor, or suits consisting of pieces or plates of solid iron, adapted to the different parts of the body. ↗

— Thomas Bulfinch

#adapted #armor #body #consisting #continued

The Romans held Britain from the invasion of Julius Caesar till their voluntary withdrawal from the island, A.D. 420,- that is, about five hundred years. ↗

— Thomas Bulfinch

#britain #caesar #five #held #hundred

When you cover politics, you realize that knowing how to talk about character matters more and more. The way we hold ideas is more important than the ideas. ↗

— David Brooks

#character #cover #hold #how #ideas

Simple people... are very quick to see the live facts which are going on about them. ↗

— Oliver Wendell Holmes

#facts #going #live #people #quick

The secular elites are so terrified of telling the truth about radical Islam. When you talk about the radical Islamists, we have got to get straight and get serious and talk about it in the right way. ↗

— Newt Gingrich

#elites #get #got #islam #islamists

Look at what's happening in this world. Every day there's something exciting or disturbing to write about. With all that's going on, how could I stop? ↗

— Gwendolyn Brooks

#could #day #disturbing #every #every day

What is the primary purpose of a political leader? To build a majority. If voters care about parking lots, then talk about parking lots. ↗

— Newt Gingrich

#build #care #leader #lots #majority

A mere forty years ago, beach volleyball was just beginning. No bureaucrat would have invented it, and that's what freedom is all about. ↗

— Newt Gingrich

#ago #beach #beginning #bureaucrat #forty

I haven't made up my mind about doing anymore Landover books. ↗

— Terry Brooks

#anymore #books #doing #haven #i

Even after Sword was published, I was still only thinking about the next book, Elfstones. ↗