The quotations of

Brothers Grimm

German brothers Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, philologists and collectors of folk tales

6 quotes.

In old times when wishing still helped one, there lived a king whose daughters were all beautiful, but the youngest was so beautiful that the sun itself, which has seen so much, was astonished whenever it shone in her face.
Grimms’ Fairy Tales (1812–1815), The Frog-King, or Iron HenryIn context
- Beauty
Rapunzel, Rapunzel,
Let down thy hair.
Grimms’ Fairy Tales (1812–1815), RapunzelIn context
To-day I bake, to-morrow brew,
The next I’ll have the young Queen’s child.
Ha! glad am I that no one knew
That Rumpelstiltskin I am styled.
Grimms’ Fairy Tales (1812–1815), RumpelstiltskinIn context
The better to eat you with!
Grimms’ Fairy Tales (1812–1815), Little Red-CapIn context
- Animals
You can find something better than death everywhere
Grimms’ Fairy Tales (1812–1815), The Bremen Town-MusiciansIn context
- Hope
- Life & Death
There is no man under the sun so fortunate as I
Grimms’ Fairy Tales (1812–1815), Hans in LuckIn context
- Happiness
- Luck

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