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Some kind of moral discovery should be the object of every tale.
Sir William Neil pseudonym Cassandra Connor— 1911Under Western Eyes, prologue.
Had we lived, I should have had a tale to tell of the hardihood, endurance, and courage of my companions which would have stirred the heart of every Englishman. Theserough notes andourdead bodiesmusttell thetale.
Robert Falcon Scott— 1912 Message to the public. Quoted in TheTimes,11 Feb1913.
Never mind my grace, lassie; just speak out a plain tale, and show you have a Scotch tongue in your head.
— 1818 The Duke of Argyle toJeanie Deans.The Heart of Midlothian, ch.35.
With a tale forsooth he cometh unto you, with a tale which holdeth children from play, and old men from the chimney corner.
— 1595 Of the poet.The Defence of Poetry.
Nobody has any conscience about adding to the improbabilities of a marvelous tale.
Nathaniel Hawthorne— Chapter IV: The Spectre of the Catacomb
Masters, I have to tell a tale of woe,A tale of folly and of wasted life,Hope against hope, the bitter dregs of strife,Ending, where all things end, in death at last.
william morris— Introductory verse
... the wreck of the Batavia provides the greatest dramatic tragedy in Australian history, beside which the Mutiny on the Bounty is an anaemic tale.
— Private letter to Henrietta Drake-Brockman, 1947. Published in the Foreword to Drake-Brockman's 1963 Voyage to Discovery.
Have you ever been tempted to start your own business- First read this cautionary tale, especially if you think your ideas come from God.
phil vischer— Publisher's Weekly review of Me, Myself, & Bob, 2006-10-09
The bigger question to ask about 300 is why, for a supposedly rousing tale of heroism, it's so curiously unaffecting.
stephanie zacharek— Review of 300 (2007)
Every interview with a public figure should include the question "What have you been wrong about, and how did that change your views?" The answer will tell us if the person is intellectually honest or a tale spinner with delusions of infallibility.
stewart brand— Whole Earth Discipline (2009), page 230.
“What kind of stupid tale is that, when we just have to look at each other to know it isn’t true?” “It has problems, I admit.”
orson scott card— Chapter 10 (Seventh Son (1987))
The man who tells the tale if he has a tale worth telling will know exactly what he is about and this business of the artist as a sort of starry-eyed inspired creature, dancing along, with his feet two or three feet above the surface of the earth, not really knowing what sort of prints he's leaving behind him, is nothing like the truth.
william golding— Interview with Frank Kermode, BBC Third Programme (1959-08-28)
The story had held us, round the fire, sufficiently breathless, but except the obvious remark that it was gruesome, as, on Christmas Eve in an old house, a strange tale should essentially be.
Henry James— Introduction
On the subject of the left’s latest cause du jour, the “white phosphorus” fairy tale, Michael Moynihan asks a question to which LGF readers probably already know the answer: How Credible is Jeff Englehart?
charles foster johnson— November 09, 2005 [6]
You can think of my films as cautionary tales, but you might even think of them as despairing tales, because at least in a cautionary tale, you have this idea that by listening to the story you can assure a better outcome. Whereas I'm not at all convinced that's the case. In fact, if anything, I'm convinced that it's the opposite.
errol morris— Source: Stop Smiling Magazine with James Hughes
The Rev. Septimus Harding was, a few years since, a beneficed clergyman residing in the cathedral town of _____; let us call it Barchester. Were we to name Wells or Salisbury, Exeter, Hereford, or Gloucester, it might be presumed that something personal was intended; and as this tale will refer mainly to the cathedral dignitaries of the of the town in question, we are anxious that no personality may be suspected.
Anthony Trollope— The Warden, Ch. 1, first lines (1855)
Before the reader is introduced to the modest country medical practitioner who is to be the chief personage of the following tale, it will be well that he should be made acquainted with some particulars as to the locality in which, and the neighbours among whom, our doctor followed his profession.
Anthony Trollope— First lines
Jack Vance’s Lyonesse books are the greatest fairy tale of the twentieth century.
jack vance— Adam Roberts, afterword to “The Complete Lyonesse” (p. 1015)
... the wreck of the Batavia provides the greatest dramatic tragedy in Australian history, beside which the Mutiny on the Bounty is an anaemic tale.
— Private letter to Henrietta Drake-Brockman, 1947. Published in the Foreword to Drake-Brockman's 1963 Voyage to Discovery.
I heard a Stock-dove sing or say His homely tale, this very day; His voice was buried among trees, Yet to be come at by the breeze: He did not cease; but cooed and cooed; And somewhat pensively he wooed: He sang of love, with quiet blending, Slow to begin, and never ending; Of serious faith, and inward glee; That was the song, the song for me!
william wordsworth— William Wordsworth, O Nightingale! Thou Surely Art.
My conscience hath a thousand several tongues, And every tongue brings in a several tale, And every tale condemns me for a villain.
william shakespeare— William Shakespeare, Richard III (c. 1591), Act V, scene 3, line 193.
With a tale forsooth he cometh unto you, with a tale which holdeth children from play, and old men from the chimney corner.
philip sidney— The Defense of Poesy.
Out, out, brief candle! Life 's but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more. It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing .
william shakespeare— Macbeth (c.1605), Act V, Sc. V; Macbeth after the death of his wife.
Who that has loved knows not the tender tale Which flowers reveal, when lips are coy to tell?
Lytton— Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Corn Flowers. The First Violets, Book I, Stanza 1.
He left the name, at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale.
samuel johnson— Samuel Johnson, Vanity of Human Wishes, line 221.
An honest tale speeds best, being plainly told.
— Queen Elizabeth, scene iv
My conscience hath a thousand several tongues, And every tongue brings in a several tale, And every tale condemns me for a villain.
— King Richard, scene iii (Act V)
If you discover a word in my book that you don't understand, ask your parents so they can look it up in the dictionary for you.
gloria estefan— To beginning readers (ages 4 to 8) at a reading of "Noelle's Treasure Tale" at book signing at Macy's in New York City (Novemeber 21, 2006
"Noelle's Treasure tale" [Estefan's second children's book] comes out October 10 [2006]
gloria estefan— comment to audience at Zo's Summer Groove benefit concert (Miami, July 15, 2006)
