Quotes: history is made up of truths that eventually become lies, while mythology is made up of lies that eventually become truths

Sunday, September 17, 2023

history is made up of truths that eventually become lies, while mythology is made up of lies that eventually become truths

--- Jean Cocteau, 1962, film "Jean Cocteau s'addresse a l'an 2000", at time code 7:14, h/t Matt Nesselrodt

“I have always preferred mythology to history because history is made up of truths that eventually become lies, while mythology is made up of lies that eventually become truths.”