A Book of Myths Quotes

“It is not in a man’s creed, but in his deeds; not in his knowledge, but in his sympathy, that there lies the essence of what is good and of what will last in human life.”
― Jeanie Lang, A Book of Myths

“Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes,”—“I fear the Greeks, even when they bring gifts.”
― Jeanie Lang, A Book of Myths

“True hope is swift, and flies with swallow’s wings;”
― Jeanie Lang, A Book of Myths

“Is it because the wild-wood passion still lingers in our hearts, because still in our minds the voice of Syrinx lingers in melancholy music, the music of regret and longing, that for most of us there is so potent a spell in running waters?” Fiona Macleod.”
― Jeanie Lang, A Book of Myths

“Roland, the flower of chivalry, Expired at Roncevall.” Thomas Campbell. “Hero-worship endures for ever while man endures.” Carlyle. “Roland, the gode knight.” Turpin’s History of Charlemagne.”
― Jeanie Lang, A Book of Myths

“All the world is young, lad, And all the trees are green; And every goose a swan, lad, And every lass a queen.”
― Jeanie Lang, A Book of Myths

“And faith, which is but hope grown wise, and love And patience, which at last shall overcome.” Lowell.”
― Jeanie Lang, A Book of Myths