The proverbial philosophy of a people helps us to understand more about them than any other kind of literature.
Lafcadio HearnIt has been wisely observed by the greatest of modern thinkers that mankind has progressed more rapidly in every other respect than in morality.
Lafcadio HearnSome persons have ventured to say that it is only since Englishmen ceased to believe in the Bible that they began to discover how beautiful it was.
Lafcadio Hearn