In the end, every man's life is but a tale told to him…

“My life is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury. It means nothing.”

— David Hewson

Life ... is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing.

— Anonymous

“Life is a tale told by an idiot, signifying nothing.”

— Glen David Gold

“Sometimes, a story is just the thing we tell ourselves to escape the ordinariness of a life that has no tale to tell at…

— A.J. Grayson

To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow, Creeps in this petty pace fromday to day To the last syllable of recorded time, And all our yesterdays…

— William Shakespeare

“You see, a truth parted with has its own way of becoming a tale. It is told so often that it stumbles in the…

— Roshani Chokshi

“A beautiful tale is pleasantly interesting, but a tale re-told is not only sweeter but lacks the bitter truth.”

— Uzoma Nnadi

To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day, To the last syllable of recorded time; And all our…

— William Shakespeare

“You are the fairy tale told by your ancestors.”

— Toba Beta

Now will I rehearse before you a very ancient Breton Lay. As the tale was told to me, so, in turn, will I tell…

— Marie de France

“Nothing ever begins. There is no first moment; no single word or place from which this or any other story springs. The threads can…

— Clive Barker

“For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told.”

— King James Bible

This life, which had been the tomb of his virtue and of his honour, is but a walking shadow; a poor player, that struts…

— William Shakespeare

“Rain's pouring and it's too cold. All people bored and I even accord What to do but spell a tale told: So once upon…

— Ana Claudia Antunes

“My prime of youth is but a frost of cares, My feast of joy is but a dish of pain, My crop of corn…

— Chidiock Tichborne