263 Quotes About Legends

Legends are born in solitude. Idiots are born in packs.

There was no arguing with a man's faith in the legends of his childhood.

Marco Polo had seen the inhabitants of Zipangu place rose-colored pearls in the mouths of the dead. A sea-monster had been enamoured of the pearl that the diver brought to King Perozes, and had slain the thief, and mourned for seven moons over its loss.

Myths, legends and stories are the signposts previous generations have left us so we don't have to figure out our own personal journey in solitude!They have to be metaphorical, because their interpretation will be different for each individual life!

Bold and humanizing ideas need no supernatural nonsense to manifest in the world, they always manage to find mortal vessels to exist across time. Individuals die, not ideas.

It is one of the prime errors of historical and rational analysis to suppose that the “truth” and “original form” of a legend can be separated from its miraculous elements. It is in the marvels themselves that the truth inheres.

...Myths aren’t fairy tales or legends—they’re an honest attempt to explain mysteries...

The birth of a legend is the death of a hero. Every man wishes to die a hero. A hero’s death is glorious!

Better an unsung hero than a fallen star.