Top 4 Quotes & Sayings by Robin Lane Fox

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Last updated on April 20, 2025.

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. Fellow and Tutor in Ancient History at New College from 1977 to 2014, he serves as Garden Master and as Extraordinary Lecturer in Ancient History for both New and Exeter Colleges. He has also taught Greek and Latin literature and early Islamic history.

English - Historian | Born: October 5, 1946

Source: Wikipedia

Alexander was not the first Greek to be honoured as a god for political favour.

Robin Lane Fox

Gardeners work with an ever-receding ideal of perfection; no sooner is something growing well than they see how to place it better or give it a better neighbor. To other's eyes, all may look as well as could be expected, but a good gardener's eye sees more to be improved.

Robin Lane Fox

Among the conservative Greek opinion there would be no regrets that Alexander the Greek leader was invading the barbarians.

Robin Lane Fox

Gardens can be sharp and spiky as well as rose-embowered and honeysuckle-twined: there are corners and settings where thistles are not such an asinine taste after all.

Robin Lane Fox

Top 4 Quotes & Sayings by Robin Lane Fox

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