Tao Te Ching

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“Whatever the poets pretend, it is plain they give immortality to none but themselves; it is Homer and Virgil we reverence and admire, not Achilles or Aeneas. With historians it is quite the contrary; our thoughts are taken up with the actions, persons, and events we read, and we little regard the authors.”

Jonathan Swift 1667 – 1745 CE
"Foremost prose satirist in the English language"

from Thoughts on Various Subjects (1703)

Comments (1)

  1. Shan Dao
    Shan Dao 2 years ago
    This is true in terms of what the external world sees. In terms of the influence and creation of this kind of immortality, however, the chroniclers and historians share most of the credit.