History Quote by Adrien Rouquette

“some things that should not have been forgotten were lost. History became legend. Legend became myth.”

— J.R.R. Tolkien

“Legends should stay legends otherwise they just become history, when the natural course of things is the other way around, from history to legend.”

— Ian McDonald

“History is written by the legends.”

— Evan Ricafort

“History is often made and buttressed by myths and folklore rather than facts.”

— Daikichi Irokawa

“Whenever you see a legend, you can be sure, if you go to the very bottom of things, that you will find history.”

— Vallet de Viriville

“A legend is merely a history man decided to bugger.”

— Karen Chance

“Is not the pastness of the past the more profound, the more legendary, the more immediately it falls before the present ?”

— Thomas Mann

The line of demarcation between history and legend is too thin to observe while writing; the two overlap each other unconsciously and unknowingly.

— Lobsang Tenzin

“It is necessary to distinguish between history and fantasy wherever possible. And then use them against each other.”

— Geoff Ryman

“Historical mythmaking is made possible only by forgetting.”

— Nancy Isenberg

“. . .legends, which in the etymological sense are what one should pass on, are only the symbols of a tradional truth transported from…

— Jean Markale

“A legend is who we become for a specific point in time.”

— Khalid Muhammad