Quotes with fables

  • There is nothing in the world more shameful than establishing one's self on lies and fables.
  • The Bible has noble poetry in it; and some clever fables; and some blood-drenched history; and a wealth of obscenity; and upwards of a thousand lies.

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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson Friends, such as we desire, are dreams and fables.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • St. Thomas Aquinas Because philosophy arises from awe, a philosopher is bound in his way to be a lover of myths and poetic fables. Poets and philosophers are alike in being big with wonder.
    St. Thomas Aquinas
    Italian philosopher and theologian (1225 - 1274)
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  • Michel Eyquem De Montaigne How many things served us but yesterday as articles of faith, which today we deem but fables?
    Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
    French essayist and philosopher (1533 - 1592)
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  • Francis Bacon I had rather believe all the Fables in the Legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a Mind.
    Francis Bacon
    English philosopher and statesman (1561 - 1626)
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  • Mark Twain The Bible has noble poetry in it; and some clever fables; and some blood-drenched history; and a wealth of obscenity; and upwards of a thousand lies.
    Mark Twain
    American writer (ps. of Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835 - 1910)
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  • Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe There is nothing in the world more shameful than establishing one's self on lies and fables.
    Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
    German writer and poet (1749 - 1832)
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  • Abraham Cowley Unbind the charms that in slight fables lie and teach that truth is truest poesy.
    Abraham Cowley
    English poet (1618 - 1667)
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