Quote#Truth
Of all the various ways which the imagination has distorted truth,…
Quote byHenry Thomas Buckle · 1821–1862
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: History of Civilisation in England. Vol 1, 1st pub 1857, also page 100. Worlds Classics , Pub. 1903. London Grant Richards..
English (original)
Of all the various ways which the imagination has distorted truth, there is none which has worked so much harm as an exaggerated respect for past ages. This reverence for antiquity is repugnant to every maxim of reason, and is merely the indulgence of a poetic sentiment in favour of the remote and unknown.
— Henry Thomas Buckle
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