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For Mythology is the handmaid of literature; and literature is one of the best allies of virtue and promoters of happiness.

— Thomas Bulfinch The Age of Fable (1855)

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"Alas! for shame," said Sir Launcelot, "that ever one knight should betray another! but it is an old saw, a good man is never in danger, but when he is in danger of a coward."

The Age of Chivalry (1858)

He saw her eyes bright as stars; he saw her lips, and was not satisfied with only seeing them.

The Age of Fable (1855)

The Greeks believed the earth to be flat and circular, their own country occupying the middle of it, the central point being either Mount Olympus, the abode of the gods, or Delphi, so famous for its oracle.

The Age of Fable (1855)

... those refinements of civility which formed what was in that age called courtesy.

The Age of Chivalry (1858)

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Albert Pike Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry (1871)

There is more than one way to burn a book. And the world is full of people running about with lit matches.

Ray Bradbury Fahrenheit 451 (1953)

People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.

Logan Pearsall Smith Afterthoughts (1931)

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