Legends die hard. They survive as truth rarely does.
Interpretation
Legends tend to outlast the truth, suggesting that stories or ideas may endure longer than reality.
This quote by Helen Hayes highlights the distinction between the enduring nature of legends and the ephemeral quality of truth. It suggests that while truths may be fleeting and subject to change, legends β often embellished narratives about individuals or events β have a lasting impact on society and memory, surviving through generations despite their factual accuracy.
In practice
This quote can be used in a discussion about the impact of folklore in cultural heritage.
We rely upon the poets, the philosophers, and the playwrights to articulate what most of us can only feel, in joy or sorrow. They illuminate the thoughts for which we only grope; they give us the strength and balm we cannot find in ourselves. Whenever I feel my courage wavering, I rush to them. They give me the wisdom of acceptance, the will and resiliance to push on.
Love is perhaps the only glimpse we are permitted of eternity.
When traveling with someone, take large does of patience and tolerance with your morning coffee.
We relish news of our heroes, forgetting that we are extraordinary to somebody too.
Perhaps we have been misguided into taking too much responsibility from our children, leaving them too little room for discovery
One has to grow up with good talk in order to form the habit of it.
If you desire to be pure, have firm faith, and slowly go on with your devotional practices without wasting your energy in useless scriptural discussions and arguments. Your little brain will otherwise be muddled.
Forbearance is the root of quietness and assurance forever.
I began to realize that thinking itself is nothing but the process of asking and answering questions.
I am sure that God keeps no one waiting unless he sees that it is good for him to wait.
The amount of knowledge which we can justify from evidence directly available to us can never be large. The overwhelming proportion of our factual beliefs continue therefore to be held at second hand through trusting others, and in the great majority of cases our trust is placed in the authority of comparatively few people of widely acknowledged standing.
Say the truth even if it may be bitter.
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