(Man's) history is a tale that is told, and his very monument becomes a ruin — Washington Irving Copy Share Image
“For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told.” — King James Bible Copy Share Image
“My life is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury. It means nothing.” — David Hewson Copy Share Image
“In the end, every man's life is but a tale told to him that's lived it, and to him alone.” — Tim Willocks Copy Share Image
Life ... is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“A fairy tale becomes one dream of a reality when a tale has been told by a poet in a dream.” — Petra Hermans Copy Share Image
“A folklore study differs from most writing, in that the tale is told in the voice of the individual telling the story,… — Karen Jones Gowen Copy Share Image
“The narrator commands the Muse, “Tell me”: enn-epe. An epic poem is, at its root, simply a tale that is told.” — Homer Copy Share Image
“Since then, at an uncertain hour, That agony returns: And till my ghastly tale is told, This heart within me burns.” — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
“Wish not for treasure you can hold, No gleaming jewels, bright and cold, For finer still than pearl or gold, The treasure… — Brian Holguin Copy Share Image
“A beautiful tale is pleasantly interesting, but a tale re-told is not only sweeter but lacks the bitter truth.” — Uzoma Nnadi Copy Share Image
“The Dreamer awakes The shadow goes by The tale I have told you, That tale is a lie. But listen to me,… — Traditional folktale ending Copy Share Image
Having achieved and accomplished love, then the man passes into the unknown. He has become himself, his tale is told. — D. H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
As I have said before, the daily machinations of the stock market are like a tale told by an idiot, full of… — John C. Bogle Copy Share Image
“Love is a fiction, a fable, an ode spun by poets and drunks, a fantastical tale told across one thousand and one… — Lauren Blakely Copy Share Image
This life, which had been the tomb of his virtue and of his honour, is but a walking shadow; a poor player,… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player, that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Nothing ever begins. There is no first moment; no single word or place from which this or any story springs. The threads… — Clive Barker Copy Share Image
Such is life, my fellow-mummers-just like a poor player that bluffs and feints his hour upon the stage, and then cheapens down… — Joseph Furphy Copy Share Image
Now will I rehearse before you a very ancient Breton Lay. As the tale was told to me, so, in turn, will… — Marie de France Copy Share Image
“You see, a truth parted with has its own way of becoming a tale. It is told so often that it stumbles… — Roshani Chokshi Copy Share Image
...the tale that's told for no other reason but companionship, which is another (and my favorite) definition of literature, the tale that's… — Jack Kerouac Copy Share Image
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… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
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… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
“If you are tempted to reveal A tale to you someone has told About another, make it pass, Before you speak, three… — Beth Day Copy Share Image
“It is a tale that is told, from which we may draw the knowledge and comprehension needed for the future. The disproportion… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
“Nothing ever begins. There is no first moment; no single word or place from which this or any other story springs. The… — Clive Barker Copy Share Image
There's a tale being told Not a new tale, it's very old When you're the one Whose name is in the story… — Fad Ibra Copy Share Image
That agony returns; And till my ghastly tale is told, This heart within me burns. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury; signifying nothing. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Having achieved and accomplished love... man... has become himself, his tale is told. — D. H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
“What a tale he's told, what a bitter bowl of war he's drunk to the dregs.” — Virgil Copy Share Image
Our life is our own to-day, to-morrow you will be dust, a shade, and a tale that is told. Live mindful of… — Aulus Persius Flaccus Copy Share Image
'Tis an old tale, and often told; But did my fate and wish agree, Ne'er had been read, in story old, Of… — Walter Scott Copy Share Image
“The warlike days are over. Blood is too precious a thing in these days of dishonorable peace; and the glories of the… — Bram Stoker Copy Share Image
Why cover the same ground again? ... It goes against my grain to repeat a tale told once, and told so clearly. — Homer Copy Share Image
