...An editorial of the Journal AMA, Jan 8, 1949, discussed the Gerson Therapy under the heading 'Frauds and Fables'. At that time,… — Charlotte Gerson Copy Share Image
The story of Romulus and Remus being suckled by a wolf is not a meaningless fable. The founders of every State which… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Invisible Beasts is a strange and beautiful meditation on love and seeing, a hybrid of fantasy and field guide, novel and essay,… — Anthony Doerr Copy Share Image
Giraffes are fairytale animals, almost heraldic - as if from the land of fables. They have extremely beautiful faces, huge eyes, very… — Joanna Lumley Copy Share Image
Because philosophy arises from awe, a philosopher is bound in his way to be a lover of myths and poetic fables. Poets… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
There are men here and there to whom the whole of life is like an after-dinner hour with a cigar; easy, pleasant,… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
O Charidas, what of the under world? Great darkness. And what of the resurrection? A lie. And Pluto? A fable; we perish… — Callimachus Copy Share Image
The story of Terisa and Geraden began very much like a fable. She was a princess in a high tower. He was… — Stephen R. Donaldson Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, the book that I liked the most was 'Aesop's Fables.' There was a version of it that… — Mark Mothersbaugh Copy Share Image
Many people don’t realize the extent to which stories influence our behavior and even shape our culture. Think about how Bible stories… — Lawrence Shapiro Copy Share Image
I have come to know that adversity really means the things in life that challenge us and cause us to work with… — Alvin R. Dyer Copy Share Image
There are places in this world where fable, myth, preconception, love, longing or prejudice step in and so distort a cool, clear… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
He (Mohammed) seduced the people by promises of carnal pleasure to which the concupiscence of the flesh urges us. His teaching also… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
“Somebody's been feeding the boy fables. Probably the king's niece. Humph. Nice girl. Too many romantic notions, though.” — Patrick W. Carr Copy Share Image
History is the recital of facts represented as true. Fable, on the other hand, is the recital of facts represented as fiction. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so. Aim above morality. Be not simply good; be… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
[On Napoleon assuming power in France:] The time of Fable is over, the time of History has begun. — Josephine de Beauharnais Copy Share Image
Take away from Genesis the belief that Moses was the author, on which only the strange believe that it is the word… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
I could end this with a moral, as if this were a fable about animals, though no fables are really about animals. — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
All the great masters have understood that there cannot be great art without the little limited life of the fable, which is… — William Butler Yeats Copy Share Image
We have a dangerous trend beginning to take place in our education. We're starting to put more and more textbooks into our… — Fisher Ames Copy Share Image
One of the oldest mythological fables tells of Mercury playing at dice with Selene and winning from her the five days of… — Richard Arnold Epstein Copy Share Image