Daily life Quote by TheSaintsays

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

— J.R.R. Tolkien

“History is alwys written by victors, and the defeated create a new set of myths to explain the past and gild the future”

— Morris West

For when there is victory, when battles are won, when burdens are lifted, when bright shines the sun, when struggling souls gather where heroes…

— Tom Krause

“Battles that last five minutes spawn legends that live a thousand years. And You needn’t die happy when your day comes, but you must…

— Stephen King

“History is written by the legends.”

— Evan Ricafort

For this too I learned, that a storyteller's tale may end, but history goes on always. These events, so distant in legend, play a…

— Jacqueline Carey

“History belongs to the victors, legends to the people, fantasy to literature. Only death is certain.”

— Péter Esterházy

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

— Khalid Muhammad

“while we remain immersed in the study of personal incidents and details, as what such a statesman said or how many men were killed…

— John Fiske

“When we hear tell of a great act or a great life, whether it be contemporary or a myth from the past, it reminds…

— Richard Rudd

In my world, history comes down to language and art. No one cares much about what battles were fought, who won them and who…

— Theodore Bikel

The history of a battle, is not unlike the history of a ball. Some individuals may recollect all the little events of which the…

— Duke of Wellington