--- title: "9 Folk Tale Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 9 Folk Tale quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Folk Tale sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6f5/mena-massoud-9728_aladdin_my-parents-knew-about-the-story-of-aladd_484436.jpg" --- > [My parents knew about the story of Aladdin far before the animation film. It's a folk tale that is very prevalent in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mena-massoud/my-parents-knew-about-the-story-of-aladdin-far-before-the-animation/) [Mena Massoud](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mena-massoud/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6f5/mena-massoud-9728_aladdin_my-parents-knew-about-the-story-of-aladd_484436.jpg) > [“An old man spoke to his grandson. "My child," he said. "Inside everyone there is a battle between two wolves. One is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christine-woodward/an-old-man-spoke-to-his-grandson-my-child-he-said-inside-everyone/) [Christine Woodward](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christine-woodward/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55f/christine-woodward-141361_evil_an-old-man-spoke-to-his-grandson-my-chil_444906.jpg) > [That's the thing about a folk tale: It is always addressing incredibly key issues about how you should live and what the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benh-zeitlin/that-s-the-thing-about-a-folk-tale-it-is-always-addressing-incredibly/) [Benh Zeitlin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benh-zeitlin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/77f/benh-zeitlin-45890_art_that-s-the-thing-about-a-folk-tale-it-is_2465689.png) > [Children delight in folk-tale and fairy lore, but the very little child loves best the story which mirrors the familiar. And it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maud-lindsay/children-delight-in-folk-tale-and-fairy-lore-but-the-very-little/) [Maud Lindsay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maud-lindsay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/891/maud-lindsay-28466_age_children-delight-in-folk-tale-and-fairy_1227927.jpg) > [“There is a folk-tale about a shoemaker and his wife who were so poor that they had to send their many children…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gyula-illyes/there-is-a-folk-tale-about-a-shoemaker-and-his-wife-who-were-so-poor/) [Gyula Illyes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gyula-illyes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a4/gyula-illyes-77379_brotherhood_there-is-a-folk-tale-about-a-shoemaker-a_464243.jpg) > [ “And those characters \[in a fairy tale\] dwell in a moral world, whose laws are as clear as the law of gravity.… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-esolen/and-those-characters-in-a-fairy-tale-dwell-in-a-moral-world-whose/) [Anthony Esolen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-esolen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c4/anthony-esolen-32671_anthony-esolen_and-those-characters-in-a-fairy-tale-dwe_2085690.jpg) > [“To the secular arm, therefore, be delivered any and every book which, catering for the youngsters, throttles the life of the old…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-clodd/to-the-secular-arm-therefore-be-delivered-any-and-every-book-which/) [Edward Clodd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-clodd/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/afb/edward-clodd-100829_books_to-the-secular-arm-therefore-be-delivere_957031.jpg) > [“If the gardinel's an old folk's tale, I'm honest to tell you it's a true one. Few words about them are best,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/manly-wade-wellman/if-the-gardinel-s-an-old-folk-s-tale-i-m-honest-to-tell-you-it-s-a/) [Manly Wade Wellman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/manly-wade-wellman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29a/manly-wade-wellman-62265_open-door_if-the-gardinel-s-an-old-folk-s-tale-i-m_2229853.jpg) > [“Often I felt that these men were play-acting: the unreality of their role was their security, even their own destinies were to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/halld-r-laxness/often-i-felt-that-these-men-were-play-acting-the-unreality-of-their/) [Halldór Laxness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/halld-r-laxness/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/296/halld-r-laxness-6935_children_often-i-felt-that-these-men-were-play-ac_2680753.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/folk-tale/#itemlist", "name": "Folk Tale Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "My parents knew about the story of Aladdin far before the animation film. 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The lads went through many a perilous adventure but came home in the end, unscathed, to help their mother. They had always remembered their mother's advice and wise words; they often quoted them when they were in trouble, and in fact they recognized one another by them in foreign lands. The countless peoples of the world may be looked upon as so many children sent out into the world. They have gone through many adventures and hardships. They have drifted apart and fallen out with one another, on many occasions. They have failed to realize soon enough that they are brothers. 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Nevertheless, that which delighted our childhood may instruct our manhood; and notes, appendices, and all the gear of didactic exposition, have their place elsewhere in helping the student, anxious to reach the seed of fact which is covered by the pulp of fiction. For, to effect this is to make approach to man's thoughts and conceptions of himself and his surroundings, to his way of looking at things and to explanation of his conduct both in work and play. Hence the folk-tale and the game are alike pressed into the service of study of the human mind. 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Few words about them are best, I should reckon. They look some way like a shed or a cabin, snug and rightly made, except the open door could be a mouth, the two little windows might could be eyes. 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Did they not suspect, moreover, with the wordless apprehension of animals, that if their magic shapes were to be stripped from them the fairy tale would be at an end and their security gone, too, while real life would begin with all it's problems, perhaps in some town where there was neither nature or mirage, no link with the folk-tale and the past, no ancient path to the far side of the mountains and down to the river gullies and out beyond the grass plains, no landmarks from the Sagas? - Only a restless search for sterile, deadening enjoyment.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Halldór Laxness" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/halld-r-laxness/often-i-felt-that-these-men-were-play-acting-the-unreality-of-their/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/296/halld-r-laxness-6935_children_often-i-felt-that-these-men-were-play-ac_2680753.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/296/halld-r-laxness-6935_children_often-i-felt-that-these-men-were-play-ac_2680753.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/296/halld-r-laxness-6935_children_often-i-felt-that-these-men-were-play-ac_2680753.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Often I felt that these men were play-acting: the unreality of their role was their security, even their own…” — Halldór Laxness", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/folk-tale/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/folk-tale/", "name": "Folk Tale Quotes", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/folk-tale/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6f5/mena-massoud-9728_aladdin_my-parents-knew-about-the-story-of-aladd_484436.jpg" }, "description": "Browse 9 Folk Tale quotes by 9 authors. 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