Quote of the day
Pleasure only starts once the worm has got into the fruit; to become delightful, happiness must be tainted with poison.
Robin Lane Fox
Born: October 5, 1946 (age 76)
Bio: Robin James Lane Fox is an English classicist, ancient historian and gardening writer known for his works on Alexander the Great. Lane Fox is an Emeritus Fellow of New College, Oxford and Reader in Ancient History, University of Oxford.
Known for:
- The Classical World (2005)
- Pagans and Christians (1986)
- Augustine: Conversions to Confessions (2015)
- The unauthorized version (1991)
- Thoughtful Gardening (2010)
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