The Dreamer awakes The shadow goes by The tale I have told…

Records told the same tale, then the lie passed into history and became truth.

— George Orwell

“If all records told the same tale—then the lie passed into history and became truth.”

— George Orwell

“A folklore study differs from most writing, in that the tale is told in the voice of the individual telling the story, not by…

— Karen Jones Gowen

“tale—then the lie passed into history and became truth. “Who controls”

— George Orwell

“Maybe Shooter was a writer. He fulfilled both of the main requirements: he told a tale you wanted to hear to the end, even…

— Stephen King

“What a tale we have been in, Mr. Frodo, haven't we?' he said. 'I wish I could hear it told. Do you think they'll…

— J.R.R. Tolkien

What so tedious as a twice-told tale?

— Homer

There are few joys to compare with the telling of a well-told tale.

— Charles de Lint

“What a tale he's told, what a bitter bowl of war he's drunk to the dregs.”

— Virgil

...the tale that's told for no other reason but companionship, which is another (and my favorite) definition of literature, the tale that's told for…

— Jack Kerouac

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

— Anonymous

“If you are tempted to reveal A tale to you someone has told About another, make it pass, Before you speak, three gates of…

— Beth Day

Such is life, my fellow-mummers-just like a poor player that bluffs and feints his hour upon the stage, and then cheapens down to mere…

— Joseph Furphy

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

— Toba Beta

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