Hypatia

Fables should be taught as fables, myths as myths, and miracles as poetic fantasies. To teach superstitions as truths is a most terrible thing. The child mind accepts and believes them, and only through great pain and perhaps tragedy can he be in after years relieved of them.

Greek Philosopher

Alfred de Vigny

From this, without doubt, sprang the fable. Man created it thus, because it was not given him to see more than himself and nature, which surrounds him; but he created it true with a truth all its own.

French Poet

Thomas Aquinas

Because philosophy arises from awe, a philosopher is bound in his way to be a lover of myths and poetic fables. Poets and philosophers are alike in being big with wonder.

Italian Theologian

Robert Anton Wilson

Nobody sees the obvious, nobody observes the ordinary. There are more miracles in a square yard of earth than in all the fables of the Church.

American Writer

Gilbert K. Chesterton

Fable is more historical than fact, because fact tells us about one man and fable tells us about a million men.

English Writer

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

There is nothing in the world more shameful than establishing one's self on lies and fables.

German Writer

Bobcat Goldthwait

The movies I make, I never see them as accurately portraying a life, but more like fables.

American Comedian

Michel de Montaigne

How many things we held yesterday as articles of faith which today we tell as fables.

French Philosopher

Yann Martel

The moral of a fable is eternal. The moral of a story is temporary to a story.

Canadian Author

Napoleon Bonaparte

French Statesman

Fables often feature animals acting like humans to make the moral lesson more engaging.

Animal Characters

The morals of fables apply to many situations across different cultures and times.

Timeless Lessons

Fables are brief and use simple language to ensure the moral is clear.

Short and Simple

Fables can refer to stories that are made up to deceive or entertain.

Imaginary Stories

Fables sometimes exaggerate situations or abilities and should not be taken literally.

Exaggeration Warning

As fables are not factual, they should be approached with skepticism if presented as true.

Credibility Check

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 and the fabled bridge across the river Nai He. Manning the bridge was an old woman who offered worthy souls a bowl of soup. After drinking, the spirits forgot their previous life, and were sent back to the world of the living in a new form.

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 Meaning, they'll never have their fabled day in court that we talk about in television shows and in movies. And this is the untold part of the story of mass incarceration in America -- how we became the largest jailer in the world.

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 And a human's first bout with flying was falling accidentally, tripping, or slipping on that fabled banana peel. Once your ground is dragged out from under you, a world of wonder comes rushing in. I had found my territory.

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 human beings have always told their histories and truths through parable and fable. We are inveterate storytellers. But where, in our increasingly secular and fragmented world, do we offer communality of experience,

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 Ragnarok. The fabled end of the world, when giants, monsters, and Norse gods battle for the future.

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