#exploits

The poets, therefore, however much they adorned the gods in their poems, and amplified their exploits with the highest praises, yet very frequently confess that all things are held together and governed by one spirit or mind. ↗

— Lactantius

#all things #amplified #confess #exploits #frequently

When I entered college, it was to study liberal arts. At the University of Pennsylvania, I studied English literature, but I fell in love with broadcasting, with telling stories about other people's exploits. ↗

— Andrea Mitchell

#arts #broadcasting #college #english #english literature

The strategic adversary is fascism... the fascism in us all, in our heads and in our everyday behavior, the fascism that causes us to love power, to desire the very thing that dominates and exploits us. ↗

— Michel Foucault

#behavior #causes #desire #dominates #everyday

Everything connected with war and warlike exploits is interesting to a boy. ↗

— James Nasmyth

#connected #everything #exploits #interesting #war