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I hate
To tell again a tale once fully told.
I hate
To tell again a tale once fully told.
And what so tedious as a twice-told tale.
And what so tedious as a twice-told tale.
But that's another story.
But that's another story.
If a nation loses its storytellers, it loses its childhood.
If a nation loses its storytellers, it loses its childhood.
Soft as some song divine, thy story flows.
Soft as some song divine, thy story flows.
Out of their saddles into the dirt--and thereby hangs a tale.
Out of their saddles into the dirt--and thereby hangs a tale.
When thou dost tell another's jest, therein
Omit the oaths, which true wit cannot need;
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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.
Why do you laugh? Change but the name, and the story s told of
yourself.
[Lat., Quid rides?]
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Why do you laugh? Change but the name, and the story s told of
yourself.
[Lat., Quid rides?]
Mutato nomine de te fabula narratur.]
A schoolboy's tale, the wonder of an hour!
A schoolboy's tale, the wonder of an hour!
