Legends die hard. They survive as truth rarely does.
Interpretation
Legends tend to outlast the truth, suggesting that stories or ideas may endure longer than reality.
This quote by Helen Hayes highlights the distinction between the enduring nature of legends and the ephemeral quality of truth. It suggests that while truths may be fleeting and subject to change, legends β often embellished narratives about individuals or events β have a lasting impact on society and memory, surviving through generations despite their factual accuracy.
In practice
This quote can be used in a discussion about the impact of folklore in cultural heritage.
We rely upon the poets, the philosophers, and the playwrights to articulate what most of us can only feel, in joy or sorrow. They illuminate the thoughts for which we only grope; they give us the strength and balm we cannot find in ourselves. Whenever I feel my courage wavering, I rush to them. They give me the wisdom of acceptance, the will and resiliance to push on.
Love is perhaps the only glimpse we are permitted of eternity.
When traveling with someone, take large does of patience and tolerance with your morning coffee.
We relish news of our heroes, forgetting that we are extraordinary to somebody too.
Perhaps we have been misguided into taking too much responsibility from our children, leaving them too little room for discovery
One has to grow up with good talk in order to form the habit of it.
I had been my whole life a bell, and never knew it until at that moment I was lifted and struck.
If there is a single definition of healing it is to enter with mercy and awareness those pains, mental and physical, from which we have withdrawn in judgment and dismay. (48)
If you don't watch it people will force you one way or the other, into doing what they think you should do, or into just being mule-stubborn and doing the opposite out of spite.
One of the great things to pretend is that you're not only alright, you're in great shape. Now to have that come true - I've actually gone on stage depressed and that's worked its magic on me, 'cause if I can convince you that I'm alright, then maybe I can convince me.
I say what I want to say and do what I want to do. There's no in between. People will either love you for it or hate you for it.
I keep my enemies close/ I give 'em enough rope/ They put themselves in the air/ I just kick away the chair.
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