A beautiful tale is pleasantly interesting, but a tale…

It's a beautiful tale, and today is a beautiful day without any bugs.

— Hugo Pratt

“Isn't that a beautiful tale, grandfather," said Heidi, as the latter continued to sit without speaking, for she had expected him to express pleasure…

— Johanna Spyri

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

— Toba Beta

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

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

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

“In the end, every man's life is but a tale told to him that's lived it, and to him alone.”

— Tim Willocks

“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

“Sugar candy tasted better than bitter truth.”

— Toba Beta

“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