Storytelling Quotes
A curated collection of the best quotes about Storytelling.
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“A tale in everything.”
“But that's another story.”
“And thereby hangs a tale.”
“This story will never go down.”
“And what so tedious as a twice-told tale.”
“Soft as some song divine, thy story flows.”
“A schoolboy's tale, the wonder of an hour!”
“I hate
To tell again a tale once fully told.”
“In after-dinner talk,
Across the walnuts and the wine.”
“Quid rides?
Mutato nomine de te fabula narratur.”
“Whether they believe the story or not, they delight to tell it.”
“For seldom shall she hear a tale
So sad, so tender, yet so true.”
“I cannot tell how the truth may be;
I say the tale as 'twas said to me.”
“It is a foolish thing to make a long prologue, and to be short in the story itself.”
“Wikipedia: Storytelling”
“With a tale forsooth he cometh unto you, with a tale which holdeth children from play, and old men from the chimney corner.”
“And he said, 'Sit down then, that I may give you my story from the beginning until now.' And he said, 'Give it me, I am already set down.'”
“When thou dost tell another's jest, therein
Omit the oaths, which true wit cannot need;
Pick out of tales the mirth, but not the sin.”
“Ich weiss nicht was soll es bedeuten,
Dass ich so traurig bin:
Ein Märchen aus alten Zeiten
Das kommt mir nicht aus dem Sinn.”