'Tis an old tale, and often told; But did my fate and wish…

Don't think to come over me with th' old tale, that the rich know nothing of the trials of the poor; I say, if…

— Elizabeth Gaskell

The old tale of Sleeping Beauty might end happily in French or English, but he was in Russia, and only a fool would want…

— Orson Scott Card

The ache of empty arms was an old tale to you.

— Sara Teasdale

Many people think fairy tales and retellings of fairy tales are only for children, but I'm not the only writer to take an old…

— Kate Forsyth

Of an old tale which every schoolboy knows.

— Anonymous

Where shall the lover rest, Whom the fates sever From his true maiden's breast, Parted for ever? Where, through groves deep and high, Sounds…

— Walter Scott

What various scenes, and O! what scenes of Woe, Are witness'd by that red and struggling beam! The fever'd patient, from his pallet low,…

— Walter Scott

The summer dawn's reflected hue To purple changed Lock Katrine blue, Mildly and soft the western breeze Just kiss'd the lake, just stirr'd the…

— Walter Scott

Every success story has a parent who says, 'over my dead body.' Every success story has an old person who walks up to you…

— Bill Cosby

“Real stories like this, human ones, could get you sent to prison, and it didn’t matter what they were about. It didn’t matter if…

— Adam Johnson

“No,” said Bran. “I haven’t. And if I have it doesn’t matter. Sometimes Old Nan would tell the same story she’d told before, but…

— George R.R. Martin

“He was struck by the sensation she’d made it happen in some way, that his life was simply a story the old woman was…

— Michael Crummey

My daddy - whenever he wanted to teach us a lesson, he'd tell us a story. It's an Old South tradition.

— Leslie Jordan

In mathematics alone each generations adds a new story to the old structure.

— Hermann Hankel

When I look back on all the worries I remember the story of the old man who said on his deathbed that he had…

— Anonymous