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Ian Mortimer quotes: It is better to eat the dog than be eaten by the dog', Montagu had remarked quietly to the king, after being dismissed from Mortimer's presence.

It is better to eat the dog than be eaten by the dog', Montagu had remarked quietly to the king, after being dismissed from Mortimer's presence.

Ian Mortimer quotes: Literature is a means to delight the mind and embolden the spirit.

Literature is a means to delight the mind and embolden the spirit.

Ian Mortimer quotes: Justice is a relative concept in all ages. The fourteenth century is no exception.

Justice is a relative concept in all ages. The fourteenth century is no exception.

Ian Mortimer quotes: Pope John's advisers were worried about the freedom to speak and to come and go to and from the council.

Pope John's advisers were worried about the freedom to speak and to come and go to and from the council.

Ian Mortimer quotes: All leaders who go to war in the name of God are either zealots or hypocrites.

All leaders who go to war in the name of God are either zealots or hypocrites.

Ian Mortimer quotes: Oscar Wilde once quipped, "The old believe everything, the middle-aged suspect everything and the young know everything.

Oscar Wilde once quipped, "The old believe everything, the middle-aged suspect everything and the young know everything.

Ian Mortimer quotes: In Elizabethan England you will only find small codpieces. Large ones, stuffed with wool and looking like an erect male member, are out of date

In Elizabethan England you will only find small codpieces. Large ones, stuffed with wool and looking like an erect male member, are out of date

Ian Mortimer quotes: Guy de Chauliac's advice to those wishing to avoid infection is as follows: 'Go quickly, go far, and return slowly.

Guy de Chauliac's advice to those wishing to avoid infection is as follows: 'Go quickly, go far, and return slowly.

Ian Mortimer quotes: At Eton boys are woken at 5 a.m.; lessons begin at 6 a.m. and go on to 8 p.m. Teaching is generally in Latin and is a matter of learning

At Eton boys are woken at 5 a.m.; lessons begin at 6 a.m. and go on to 8 p.m. Teaching is generally in Latin and is a matter of learning by rote,