Thomas Bulfinch quotes
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“The sunflower is a favorite emblem of constancy”
-- Thomas BulfinchSource : Thomas Bulfinch (2013). “Bulfinch’s Mythology: The Age of Fable”, p.164, Lulu Press, Inc
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“For Mythology is the handmaid of literature; and literature is one of the best allies of virtue and promoters of happiness.”
-- Thomas BulfinchSource : Thomas Bulfinch (2012). “Bulfinch's Greek and Roman Mythology: The Age of Fable”, p.7, Courier Corporation
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“The word "Chivalry" is derived from the French Cheval, a horse.”
-- Thomas BulfinchSource : Thomas Bulfinch (2012). “The Age of Chivalry: Or Legends of King Arthur”, p.6, The Floating Press
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“The preparatory education of candidates for knighthood was long and arduous.”
-- Thomas BulfinchSource : Thomas Bulfinch “Bulfinch's Mythology: Legends of Charlemagne or Romance of the Middle Ages, The Age of Chivalry or Legends of King Arthur and The Age of Fable or Stories of Gods and Heroes (Complete)”, Library of Alexandria
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“The other classes of which society was composed were, first, freemen, owners of small portions of land, independent, though they sometimes voluntarily became the vassals of their more opulent neighbors, whose power was necessary for their protection.”
-- Thomas BulfinchSource : Thomas Bulfinch (2012). “The Age of Chivalry: Or Legends of King Arthur”, p.10, The Floating Press
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“Mail armor continued in general use till about the year 1300, when it was gradually supplanted by plate armor, or suits consisting of pieces or plates of solid iron, adapted to the different parts of the body.”
-- Thomas BulfinchSource : Thomas Bulfinch (1858). “The Age of Chivalry: Or Legends of King Arthur, "King Arthur and His Knights", "The Mabinogeon", "The Crusades", "Robin Hood", Etc”, p.19
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“The word knight, which originally meant boy or servant, was particularly applied to a young man after he was admitted to the privilege of bearing arms.”
-- Thomas BulfinchSource : Thomas Bulfinch (1858). “The Age of Chivalry: Or Legends of King Arthur, "King Arthur and His Knights", "The Mabinogeon", "The Crusades", "Robin Hood", Etc”, p.14
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“Without a knowledge of mythology much of the elegant literature of our own language cannot be understood and appreciated.”
-- Thomas BulfinchSource : Thomas Bulfinch (2012). “Bulfinch's Greek and Roman Mythology: The Age of Fable”, p.7, Courier Corporation
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“We thus see that the Greeks of the early ages knew little of any real people except those to the east and south of their own country, or near the coast of the Mediterranean.”
-- Thomas BulfinchSource : Thomas Bulfinch (2015). “Stories of Gods and Heroes”, p.6, Thomas Bulfinch
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“ON the decline of the Roman power, about five centuries after Christ, the countries of Northern Europe were left almost destitute of a national government.”
-- Thomas BulfinchSource : Thomas Bulfinch “Bulfinch's Mythology: Legends of Charlemagne or Romance of the Middle Ages, The Age of Chivalry or Legends of King Arthur and The Age of Fable or Stories of Gods and Heroes (Complete)”, Library of Alexandria
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“The earliest form in which romances appear is that of a rude kind of verse.”
-- Thomas BulfinchSource : Thomas Bulfinch (2015). “Bulfinch's Mythology”, p.384, Booklassic
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“Religion united its influence with those of loyalty and love, and the order of knighthood, endowed with all the sanctity and religious awe that attended the priesthood, became an object of ambition to the greatest sovereigns.”
-- Thomas BulfinchSource : Thomas Bulfinch (2015). “Bulfinch's Mythology”, p.378, Booklassic
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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 BulfinchSource : Thomas Bulfinch (2012). “Bulfinch's Greek and Roman Mythology: The Age of Fable”, p.7, Courier Corporation
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“It was not till toward the end of the thirteenth century that the prose romances began to appear.”
-- Thomas BulfinchSource : Thomas Bulfinch (2012). “Bulfinch's Medieval Mythology: The Age of Chivalry”, p.9, Courier Corporation
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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 BulfinchSource : Thomas Bulfinch (1855). “The Age of Fable: Or, Beauties of Mythology”, p.4
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“The Romans held Britain from the invasion of Julius Caesar till their voluntary withdrawal from the island, A.D. 420,- that is, about five hundred years.”
-- Thomas BulfinchSource : Thomas Bulfinch (1858). “The Age of Chivalry: Or Legends of King Arthur, "King Arthur and His Knights", "The Mabinogeon", "The Crusades", "Robin Hood", Etc”, p.196
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