--- title: "4 Mythology Quotes By Thomas Bulfinch" description: "4 Mythology quotes by Thomas Bulfinch. Plus more from Thomas Bulfinch and more Mythology sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8df/thomas-bulfinch-26269_claims_if-no-other-knowledge-deserves-to-be-cal_1598724.jpg" --- > [If no other knowledge deserves to be called useful but that which helps to enlarge our possessions or to raise our station…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-bulfinch/if-no-other-knowledge-deserves-to-be-called-useful-but-that-which/) [Thomas Bulfinch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-bulfinch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8df/thomas-bulfinch-26269_claims_if-no-other-knowledge-deserves-to-be-cal_1598724.jpg) > [For Mythology is the handmaid of literature; and literature is one of the best allies of virtue and promoters of happiness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-bulfinch/for-mythology-is-the-handmaid-of-literature-and-literature-is-one-of/) [Thomas Bulfinch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-bulfinch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/960/thomas-bulfinch-26269_allies_for-mythology-is-the-handmaid-of-literat_2118770.jpg) > [Thus we hope to teach mythology not as a study, but as a relaxation from study; to give our work the charm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-bulfinch/thus-we-hope-to-teach-mythology-not-as-a-study-but-as-a-relaxation/) [Thomas Bulfinch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-bulfinch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f82/thomas-bulfinch-26269_book_thus-we-hope-to-teach-mythology-not-as-a_2507361.jpg) > [Without a knowledge of mythology much of the elegant literature of our own language cannot be understood and appreciated.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-bulfinch/without-a-knowledge-of-mythology-much-of-the-elegant-literature-of/) [Thomas Bulfinch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-bulfinch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a95/thomas-bulfinch-26269_appreciated_without-a-knowledge-of-mythology-much-of_2574270.jpg) ## Other authors on Mythology - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-joseph-campbell-53286.jpg) Joseph Campbell 46 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mythology/joseph-campbell/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-rick-riordan-79077.jpg) Rick Riordan 26 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mythology/rick-riordan/) - [Priya Ardis 21 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mythology/priya-ardis/) - [Nely Cab 19 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mythology/nely-cab/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-david-blackwell-27242.jpg) Amanda Bouchet 12 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mythology/amanda-bouchet/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-madeline-miller-62511.jpg) Madeline Miller 11 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mythology/madeline-miller/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-henry-david-thoreau-41473.jpg) Henry David Thoreau 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mythology/henry-david-thoreau/) - [Charleston Parker 8 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mythology/charleston-parker/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-werner-herzog-94806.jpg) Werner Herzog 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mythology/werner-herzog/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-virgil-93863.jpg) Virgil 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mythology/virgil/) - [Thea Harrison 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mythology/thea-harrison/) - [Steve Sabol 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mythology/steve-sabol/) ## More by Thomas Bulfinch > [It has, therefore, been a favorite boast of the people of Wales and Cornwall, that the original British stock flourishes in its unmixed purity…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-bulfinch/it-has-therefore-been-a-favorite-boast-of-the-people-of-wales-and/) [Thomas Bulfinch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-bulfinch/) > [“(wonderful to relate)”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-bulfinch/wonderful-to-relate/) [Thomas Bulfinch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-bulfinch/) > [ON the decline of the Roman power, about five centuries after Christ, the countries of Northern Europe were left almost destitute of a national…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-bulfinch/on-the-decline-of-the-roman-power-about-five-centuries-after-christ/) [Thomas Bulfinch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-bulfinch/) > [“Alas! For shame," said Sir Launcelot, "that ever one knight should betray another! But it is an old saw, a good man is never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-bulfinch/alas-for-shame-said-sir-launcelot-that-ever-one-knight-should-betray/) [Thomas Bulfinch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-bulfinch/) > [The other classes of which society was composed were, first, freemen, owners of small portions of land, independent, though they sometimes voluntarily became the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-bulfinch/the-other-classes-of-which-society-was-composed-were-first-freemen/) [Thomas Bulfinch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-bulfinch/) > [Mail armor continued in general use till about the year 1300, when it was gradually supplanted by plate armor, or suits consisting of pieces…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-bulfinch/mail-armor-continued-in-general-use-till-about-the-year-1300-when-it/) [Thomas Bulfinch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-bulfinch/) > [The word knight, which originally meant boy or servant, was particularly applied to a young man after he was admitted to the privilege of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-bulfinch/the-word-knight-which-originally-meant-boy-or-servant-was/) [Thomas Bulfinch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-bulfinch/) > [We thus see that the Greeks of the early ages knew little of any real people except those to the east and south of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-bulfinch/we-thus-see-that-the-greeks-of-the-early-ages-knew-little-of-any-real/) [Thomas Bulfinch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-bulfinch/) > [The word "Chivalry" is derived from the French Cheval, a horse.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-bulfinch/the-word-chivalry-is-derived-from-the-french-cheval-a-horse/) [Thomas Bulfinch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-bulfinch/) > [If no other knowledge deserves to be called useful but that which helps to enlarge our possessions or to raise our station in society,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-bulfinch/if-no-other-knowledge-deserves-to-be-called-useful-but-that-which/) [Thomas Bulfinch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-bulfinch/) > [The sunflower is a favorite emblem of constancy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-bulfinch/the-sunflower-is-a-favorite-emblem-of-constancy/) [Thomas Bulfinch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-bulfinch/) > [Shields were generally made of wood, covered with leather, or some similar substance. To secure them, in some sort, from being cut through by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-bulfinch/shields-were-generally-made-of-wood-covered-with-leather-or-some/) [Thomas Bulfinch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-bulfinch/) > [“Your arrows may strike all things else, Apollo, but mine shall strike you.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-bulfinch/your-arrows-may-strike-all-things-else-apollo-but-mine-shall-strike/) [Thomas Bulfinch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-bulfinch/) > [“So near the track of the stars are we, That oft, on night's pale beams, The distant sounds of their harmony Come to our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-bulfinch/so-near-the-track-of-the-stars-are-we-that-oft-on-night-s-pale-beams/) [Thomas Bulfinch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-bulfinch/) > [The earliest form in which romances appear is that of a rude kind of verse.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-bulfinch/the-earliest-form-in-which-romances-appear-is-that-of-a-rude-kind-of/) [Thomas Bulfinch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-bulfinch/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mythology/thomas-bulfinch/#itemlist", "name": "4 Mythology Quotes By Thomas Bulfinch", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If no other knowledge deserves to be called useful but that which helps to enlarge our possessions or to raise our station in society, then Mythology has no claim to the appellation.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Thomas Bulfinch" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-bulfinch/if-no-other-knowledge-deserves-to-be-called-useful-but-that-which/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8df/thomas-bulfinch-26269_claims_if-no-other-knowledge-deserves-to-be-cal_1598724.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8df/thomas-bulfinch-26269_claims_if-no-other-knowledge-deserves-to-be-cal_1598724.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8df/thomas-bulfinch-26269_claims_if-no-other-knowledge-deserves-to-be-cal_1598724.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If no other knowledge deserves to be called useful but that which helps to enlarge our possessions or to…” — Thomas Bulfinch", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "For Mythology is the handmaid of literature; 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