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"Without a knowledge of mythology much of the elegant literature of our own language cannot be understood and appreciated."

Thomas Bulfinch on Knowledge

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• "The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination."

  Albert Einstein on Knowledge

• "Information is not knowledge."

  Albert Einstein on Knowledge

• "A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots."

  Marcus Garvey on Knowledge

• "Knowledge of what is does not open the door directly to what should be."

  Albert Einstein on Knowledge

• "Ignorance is the curse of God knowledge is the wing wherewith we fly to heaven."

  William Shakespeare on Knowledge

More quotes by Thomas Bulfinch

• "For Mythology is the handmaid of literature and literature is one of the best allies of virtue and promoters of happiness."

• "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."

• "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."