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literature privilege reason
Religion is dogmatic. Politic is ideological. Reason must be logical, but literature has a privilege of being equivocal. Carlos Fuentes
literature civility
The civility which money will purchase, is rarely extended to those who have none. Charles Dickens
literature potatoes poultry
Papa, potatoes, poultry, prunes and prism, are all very good words for the lips.
literature made should
I made a compact with myself that in my person literature should stand by itself, of itself, and for itself.
literature stealing plagiarism
If we steal thoughts from the moderns, it will be cried down as plagiarism; if from the ancients, it will be cried up as erudition. Charles Caleb Colton
literature prudence
There is nothing more imprudent than excessive prudence.
literature fool religious-bigotry
Bigotry murders religion to frighten fools with her ghost.
literature speech giants
The Grecian’s maxim would indeed be a sweeping clause in Literature; it would reduce many a giant to a pygmy; many a speech to a sentence; and many a folio to a primer.
literature action conflict
Those that are the loudest in their threats are the weakest in their actions.
myth evidence ambiguous
Oral myths are closer to the genetic conclusions than the often ambiguous scientific evidence of archaeology. Bryan Sykes
mythology
Irish mythology is gorgeous, and so are the fairies, but they are very misrepresented in the U.K. They are not little creatures with wings. Kate Thompson
mythology myth has-beens
Mythology works... because Indians have been bred on myths. Ashwin Sanghi
mythical player
If a star football player can have a mythical girlfriend, why can't I have a mythical Congress? Tina Brown
myth finished
The myth of Bardot is finished, but Brigitte is me. Brigitte Bardot
myth religion terrors uncertain
Religion often partakes of the myth of progress that shields us from the terrors of an uncertain future. Frank Herbert
myth orlando teen trying
We're trying to debunk the myth that Orlando is just a teen heartthrob, Jane Green
mythology people stories thousands
I get a lot of inspiration from research in mythology and folklore. I find that, you know, stories people told each other thousands of years ago are still relevant now. Cassandra Clare
myth staple
The sentient beast has long been a staple of fantasy fiction and its antecedents in myth and folktale. Paul Di Filippo