If a nation loses its storytellers, it loses its childhood.

If a nation loses its storytellers, it loses its childhood.

Nobody believes a rumor here in Washington until it's officially denied.

Nobody believes a rumor here in Washington until it's officially denied.

This story will never go down.

This story will never go down.

But that's another story.

But that's another story.

I hate
To tell again a tale once fully told.

I hate
To tell again a tale once fully told.

In vain would I seek to discover
Why sad and mournful am I,
My thoughts without ceasing read more

In vain would I seek to discover
Why sad and mournful am I,
My thoughts without ceasing brood over
A tale of the time gone by.
[Ger., Ich weiss nicht was soll es bedeuten,
Dass ich so traurig bin:
Ein marchen aus alten Zeiten
Das kommt mir nicht aus dem Sinn.]

Rumor is not always wrong

Rumor is not always wrong

And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to
house; and not only idle, but tattlers read more

And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to
house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies,
speaking things which they ought not.

A tale in everything.

A tale in everything.