Quote by Thomas Bulfinch
For Mythology is the handmaid of literature and literature is one

For Mythology is the handmaid of literature and literature is one of the best allies of virtue and promoters of happiness. – Thomas Bulfinch

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Without a knowledge of mythology much of the elegant literature of our own language cannot be understood and appreciated. – Thomas Bulfinch

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Thus we hope to teach mythology not as a study, but as a relaxation from study to give our work the charm of a story-book, yet by means of it to impart a knowledge of an important branch of education. – Thomas Bulfinch

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If no other knowledge deserves to be called useful but that which helps to enlarge our possessions or to raise our station in society, then Mythology has no claim to the appellation. – Thomas Bulfinch

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The secret of happiness is: Find something more important than you are and dedicate your life to it. – Daniel Dennett

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Man is fond of counting his troubles, but he does not count his joys. If he counted them up as he ought to, he would see that every lot has enough happiness provided for it. – Fyodor Dostoevsky

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There is no way to happiness — happiness is the way. – Thich Nhat Hanh

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That which makes people dissatisfied with their condition, is the chimerical idea they form of the happiness of others. – James Thomson

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