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.
The wise ones fashioned speech with their thought, sifting it as grain is sifted through a sieve.
Ignorance is not bliss. Ignorance is poverty. Ignorance is devastation. Ignorance is tragedy. And ignorance is illness. It all stems from ignorance.
Caesar was a man of great common sense and good taste, meaning thereby a man without originality or moral courage.
Very quickly, very suddenly, words fell through my mind. They landed on the floor of my thoughts, and in there, down there, I started to pick the words up. They were excerpts of truth gathered from inside me.
If we don't choose to intentionally and consciously slow down and stop being in a rush, your body and mind will force you to do it anyway.
Often, we feel helpless in lots of situations in our lives. The way anger gets a grip on us is it seems to be a way to extricate ourselves from helplessness.
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