Told

Famous quotes containing the word told:

“When the Prince of Piedmont [later Charles Emmanuel IV, King of Sardinia] was seven years old, his preceptor instructing him in mythology told him all the vices were enclosed in Pandora’s box. “What! all!” said the Prince. “Yes, all.” “No,” said the Prince; “curiosity must have been without.””
—Horace Walpole (1717–1797)

“She never told her love,
But let concealment, like a worm i’th’bud,
Feed on her damask cheek.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“Were they told they were free
And persuaded to see
Something in it for them?”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)