Quotes about anecdotes




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"It is not the voice that commands the story: it is the ear."

Calvino, Italo on anecdotes    Share


"To have frequent recourse to narrative betrays great want of imagination."

Chesterfield, Lord on anecdotes    Share

"When a man fell into his anecdotage it was a sign for him to retire from the world."

Disraeli, Benjamin on anecdotes    Share

"Life is too short for a long story."

Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley on anecdotes
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"Your tale, sir, would cure deafness."

Shakespeare, William on anecdotes
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"With a tale, for soothe, he cometh unto you; with a tale which holdeth children from play, and old men from the chimney corner."

Sidney, Sir Philip on anecdotes    Share

"The history of a soldier's wound beguiles the pain of it."

Sterne, Laurence on anecdotes    Share

"Faith! he must make his stories shorter or change his comrades once a quarter."

Swift, Jonathan on anecdotes    Share

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