For Mythology is the handmaid of literature; and literature is one of the best allies of virtue and promoters of happiness.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Literature can allow us to experience the best side of humankind, where instead of giving up, we struggle desperately in the ruins for love, connection and hope.
Literature is one of the most interesting and significant expressions of humanity.
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.
Time the great destroyer of other men's happiness, only enlarges the patrimony of literature to its possessor.
Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity.
The poets, therefore, however much they adorned the gods in their poems, and amplified their exploits with the highest praises, yet very frequently confess that all things are held together and governed by one spirit or mind.
Literature is an avenue to glory, ever open for those ingenious men who are deprived of honours or of wealth.
Literature seems to offer lessons in human nature that help us decode the world around us and be better friends.
Again, both literature and philosophy work by appealing to certain reigning idols.
The crown of literature is poetry.
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