From this, without doubt, sprang the fable. Man created it thus, because it was not given him to see more than himself and nature, which surrounds him; but he created it true with a truth all its own. Alfred de Vigny French Poet More Alfred de Vigny Quotes 0
Fable is more historical than fact, because fact tells us about one man and fable tells us about a million men. Gilbert K. Chesterton English Writer More Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes 0
Did universal charity prevail, earth would be a heaven, and hell a fable. Charles Caleb Colton English Writer More Charles Caleb Colton Quotes 0
What is history but a fable agreed upon? Napoleon Bonaparte French General More Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes 0
There are men here and there to whom the whole of life is like an after-dinner hour with a cigar; easy, pleasant, empty, perhaps enlivened by some fable of strife to be forgotten - before the end is told - even if there happens to be any end to it. Joseph Conrad Polish Novelist More Joseph Conrad Quotes 0
All cartoon characters and fables must be exaggeration, caricatures. It is the very nature of fantasy and fable. Walt Disney American Cartoonist More Walt Disney Quotes 0
I wanted to write a new fable and see how many rules you could break. Jeanette Winterson British Novelist More Jeanette Winterson Quotes 0
Anarchism is not a romantic fable but the hardheaded realization, based on five thousand years of experience, that we cannot entrust the management of our lives to kings, priests, politicians, generals, and county commissioners. Edward Abbey American Writer More Edward Abbey Quotes 0
It's a parable, it's a fable. It's almost like an intellectual Twilight Zone , ... In a way it's like a Hitchcock picture and Tim Roth is the Jimmy Stewart, the guy who gets caught up in something fascinating and big. Francis Ford Coppola More Francis Ford Coppola Quotes 0
Crowds are somewhat like the sphinx of ancient fable: It is necessary to arrive at a solution of the problems offered by their psychology or to resign ourselves to being devoured by them. Gustave Le Bon More Gustave Le Bon Quotes 0
In my book, The Fable of Christ, I present proof Jesus did not exist as a historic figure. He must now refute this by showing proof of Christ's existence. Luigi Cascioli More Luigi Cascioli Quotes 0
If youth but knew, and age were able, Then poverty would be a fable. [. Medieval proverb More Medieval proverb Quotes 0
And when life's sweet fable ends, Soul and body part like friends; No quarrels, murmurs, no delay; A kiss, a sigh, and so away. Richard Crashaw English Poet More Richard Crashaw Quotes 0
I got a feeling that it's a root story, a fable, a fairy tale, that we all recognize subliminally perhaps. And consequently we don't mind hearing it again and again and again. Richard O'Brien More Richard O'Brien Quotes 0
The Bible account of the creation of Eve is a preposterous fable. Thomas Henry Huxley English Biologist More Thomas Henry Huxley Quotes 0