Quotes About Lore

There's no better place for hidden knowledge than in Books.

Most men admire Virtue who follow not her lore.

The lore of our fathers is a fabric of sentences. A pale gray lore, black with fact and white with convention.

If you are having conversations with people about fried chicken, watch out. Their stories are steeped in lore and myth. Regular people fry their bird with a rabbit foot in their pockets, with their uncle's secret cooking hat perched on their heads. Not only do they have special pans - cast-iron skillets top the list - but they have the special pot. You know, the one their great, great, great grandmother forged from volcanic rock.

The passion of the Italian or the Italian-American population is endless for food and lore and everything about it.

The passion of the Italian or the Italian-American population is endless for food and lore and everything about it.

When I finally die, at the hand of the Duolingon, how many runes will you have to write each night to stop me from coming for you?

Dragons in History by Eleanor Lock (Border Press, London, 1999)

There are things that I invented - the creaky geriatric robot that is always grumpy, for example, or the little wheelie guy, he's not in the Hasbro lore. But kids love that stuff - this little guy as a pet on a chain. They gravitate towards it.

History of Magic?

At the heart of every legend there is a grain of truth.

The French vampires started that rumor about carrying garlic so their victims would arrive already seasoned.

No year is without one Friday the 13th, and no year has more than three.

6 of 14 years have one Friday the 13th. 6 of 14 years have two Friday the 13th. 2 of 14 years have three Friday the 13th.

History is merely gossip.

Every rock and stream is a myth.

for although he is said to be a liar from the beginning, not one case is known, in all devil-lore in which the Devil attempts to cheat his stipulators. Thus he appears as the most unfairly maligned person, and as a martyr of simple-minded honesty.

While thus the Devil, having profited by experience, always insists upon having his rights insured by an unequivocal instrument (which in later centuries is signed with blood); he, in his turn, is fearlessly trusted to keep his promise, and this is a fact which must be mentioned to his honor, for although he is said to be a liar from the beginning, not one case is known, in all devil-lore in which the Devil attempts to cheat his stipulators. Thus

Not every place has a story