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Never retreat. Never explain. Get it done and let them howl.

Benjamin Jowett

Never retreat. Never explain. Get it done and let them howl.

Tags: done, never, explain

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About Benjamin Jowett

Benjamin Jowett (, modern variant ; 15 April 1817 – 1 October 1893) was an English writer, tutor, administrative reformer in the University of Oxford, theologian, Anglican cleric, and translator of Plato and Thucydides. He was Master of Balliol College, Oxford.