The Wisdom of The Ancients
Posted By Russ Emerson on March 15, 2004 at 10:00 pm
As the Romans used to say,
Gens Gallorum inerudita servilis agrestis est, in turguriis foetidis habitans.
In English:
“The French are an ignorant bunch of servile peasants living in smelly huts.”
(Courtesy of Henry Beard’s new book, X-Treme Latin: Unleash Your Inner Gladiator.)
This is post #1000. Therefore, it is only appropriate…
…that I use it to link to the people who helped lift me up high enough that this got addictive. Especially since the workload of late has kept me from being able to properly visit my blog buddies. I’ll start…
This is post #1000. Therefore, it is only appropriate…
…that I use it to link to the people who helped lift me up high enough that this got addictive. Especially since the workload of late has kept me from being able to properly visit my blog buddies. I’ll start…