Quote by Irwin Edman
It is a myth, not a mandate, a fable not a logic, and symbol rathe

It is a myth, not a mandate, a fable not a logic, and symbol rather than a reason by which men are moved. – Irwin Edman

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One may as well preach a respectable mythology as anything else. – Mrs. Humphrey Ward

Myth is the hidden part of every story, the buried part, the region that is still unexplored because there are as yet no words to enable us to get there. Myth is nourished by silence as well as by words. – Italo Calvino

Myths which are believed in tend to become true. – George Orwell

Myth is neither a lie nor a confession: it is an inflexion. – Roland Barthes

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