62 Best Myth Quotes And Sayings

Myth is a well known story which was made up in the past to explain natural events or to justify religious beliefs or social customs. 1. Fables should be taught as fables, myths as myths, and miracles as poetic fancies. To teach superstitions as truths is a most terrible thing. The child mind accepts and Read More…

The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie—deliberate, contrived, and dishonest, but the myth—persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic. Belief in myths allow the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.

Source: John F. Kennedy, commencement address at Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, June 11, 1962. Complete Quote: The great enemy of truth is very often not the lie–deliberate, contrived and dishonest–but the myth–persistent, persuasive and unrealistic. Too often we hold fast to the cliches of our forebears. We subject all facts to a prefabricated set Read More…