Thomas Bulfinch Quotes & Sayings

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17 most famous Thomas Bulfinch quotes and sayings (writer). These are the first 10 quotes we have.

Thomas Bulfinch Quotes
“Without a knowledge of mythology much of the elegant literature of our own language cannot be understood and appreciated.”
“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 Quotes
“The word Chivalry is derived from the French cheval, a horse.”
Thomas Bulfinch Quotes
“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 Bulfinch Quotes
“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 Bulfinch Quotes
“For Mythology is the handmaid of literature; and literature is one of the best allies of virtue and promoters of happiness.”
Thomas Bulfinch Quotes
“The earliest form in which romances appear is that of a rude kind of verse.”
Thomas Bulfinch Quotes
“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 Bulfinch Quotes
“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 Quotes
“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.”

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