I've always preferred mythology to history. History is truth that becomes an illusion. Mythology is an illusion that becomes reality. (Jean Cocteau)

I've always preferred mythology to history. History is truth that becomes an illusion. Mythology is an illusion that becomes reality.

Jean Cocteau

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