Wilhelm Grimm Quotes

Mirror, mirror, here I stand. Who is the fairest in the land?

He who helped you when you were in trouble ought not afterwards be despised by you

He who is too well off is always longing for something new.

Turn back, turn back,thou pretty bride, Within this house thou must not abide. For here do evil things betide.

He who repents his sin and acknowledges it, is forgiven.

You are mine, and I am thine, and no power on earth shall make it otherwise.

Will you hold you tongue!' screamed the cat. 'Another word, and I devour you too!' And the poor little mouse, having "All-gone" on her tongue, out it came, and the cat leaped upon her and made an end of her. And that is the way of the world.

Children's and Household Tales (German: Kinder- und Hausmärchen) is a collection of German origin fairy tales first published in 1812 by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, the Brothers Grimm. The collection is commonly known today as Grimms' Fairy Tales (German: Grimms Märchen).

The whole reason for telling the fairy tales is to awaken the heart. To help people believe that misfortune can be overcome and evil conquered.

The judges were not satisfied with this answer, but they gave him the reward he deserved.

And when the baker had plastered his feet, he ran to the miller. 'Miller,' he said, 'strew me some white meal over my paws.' But the miller refused, thinking the wolf must be meaning to harm someone. 'If you don't do it,' cried the wolf, 'I'll eat you up!' And the miller was afraid and did as he was told. And that just shows what men are.

In the old times, when it was still of some use to wish for the thing one wanted, there lived a King whose daughters were all handsome, but the youngest was so beautiful that the sun himself, who had seen so much, wondered each time he shone over her because of her beauty.

Because she was so beautiful the huntsman took pity on her, and he said, "Run away, you poor child.

Nothing ever seems so good as what one keeps to oneself.

It’s too late for you Wilhelmina Grimm, great great great granddaughter of Wilhelm Grimm.

She spoke kindly to her, and said, "He who repents his sin and acknowledges it, is forgiven." Then she gave her the three children, untied her tongue, and granted her happiness for her whole life.

To most people today, the name Snow White evokes visions of dwarfs whistling as they work, and a wide–eyed, fluttery princess singing, "Some day my prince will come." (A friend of mine claims this song is responsible for the problems of a whole generation of American women.) Yet the Snow White theme is one of the darkest and strangest to be found in the fairy tale canon — a chilling tale of murderous rivalry, adolescent sexual ripening, poisoned gifts, blood on snow, witchcraft, and ritual cannibalism. . .in short, not a tale originally intended for children's tender ears. Disney's well–known film version of the story, released in 1937, was ostensibly based on the German tale popularized by the Brothers Grimm. Originally titled "Snow–drop" and published in Kinder–und Hausmarchen in 1812, the Grimms' "Snow White" is a darker, chillier story than the musical Disney cartoon, yet it too had been cleaned up for publication, edited to emphasize the good Protestant values held by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm. (...) Variants of Snow White were popular around the world long before the Grimms claimed it for Germany, but their version of the story (along with Walt Disney's) is the one that most people know today. Elements from the story can be traced back to the oldest oral tales of antiquity, but the earliest known written version was published in Italy in 1634.

Entonces fue hacia la cama y corrió las cortinas: la abuela estaba allí tumbada, con el gorro de dormir bien calado y un aspecto muy raro. -¡Ay, abuela, qué orejas tan grandes tienes! -Para así pode oírte mejor. -¡Ay, abuela, qué ojos tan grandes tienes! -Para así poder verte mejor. -¡Ay, abuela, qué manos tan grandes tienes! -Para así poder cogerte mejor. -¡Ay, abuela, qué boca tan grande y tan horrible tienes! -Para así poder comerte mejor. No había terminado de decir esto el lobo cuando salió de la cama de un salto y devoró a la pobre Caperucita Roja.

Fairy tales might not be history, but as I learned in the hours I spent in the library over Christmas break, Wilhelm and Jacob Grimm were historians. They didn’t invent their fairy tales—they collected them, writing down the folk tales and stories they heard from friends and servants, aristocrats and innkeepers’ daughters. Their first collection of stories was meant for grown-ups and I could see why—they’re way too bloody and creepy for children. Even the heroes go around boiling people in oil and feeding them red-hot coals. Imagine Disney making a musical version of “The Girl Without Hands,” a story about a girl whose widowed father chops off her hands when she refuses to marry him!

He who helped you when you were in trouble ought not be despised by you afterwards.

[H]er whole life had just been one joyful moment.

Then the priest went out to them and said, "Come you from heaven or from earth? Are you a spirit, or a human being?" She replied, "I am no spirit, but an unhappy mortal deserted by all but God.

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The sound reached the ears of a poor wood-cutter, who instantly, without a thought, gave up his work and came with his hatchet under his arm to listen to the music. "At last comes the right companion." said the musician, "for I was seeking a human being, and no wild beast.

It’s difficult to tell which of those brothers is more foolish,” Grandmother whispered to Isolda, “Jakob or Wilhelm. They live in a fantasy world of their own.” Shaking her head, Isolda agreed. “Those Grimm brothers,” she said with a sigh, “they’ll never amount to anything.” And she was right because all they ever became was writers.

Once a man and his wife were sitting by the entrance to their house. They had a roasted chicken in front of them and were about to eat it when the man saw his father coming toward them. So the man quickly grab the chicken and hid it because he didn't want to give him any. The old man came, had a drink, and went away. As the son reached to put the roasted chicken back on the table, he found that it had turned into a large toad, which then spring onto his face, sat right on it, and wouldn't leave him. If anyone tried to take it off, the toad would look at the person viciously as if it wanted to spring right into his face, too. So nobody dared touch it. And the ungrateful son had to feed the toad every day, otherwise, it would have eaten away part of his face. Thus the son wandered aimlessly all over the world.

-¿No tenéis acaso otra hija? -No-dijo el hombre-, sólo tenemos una Cenicienta, pequeña e ingenua, de mi difunta esposa, pero es imposible que ella sea la novia. El hijo del rey dijo que fueran a buscarla, pero la madre respondió: -Ay, no, está demasiado sucia, no puede dejarse ver. Pero él insistió en verla a toda costa y tuvieron que llamar a Cenicienta. Ella se lavó primero las manos y la cara, fue luego hasta allí y se inclinó ante el hijo del rey, que le tendió el zapato de oro. Después se sentó en un escabel, sacó el pie del pesado zueco de madera y lo metió en la chinela: le quedaba como hecha a medida. Y cuando se enderezó y el rey la miró a la cara, reconoció a la hermosa joven que había bailado con él y dijo: -¡Ésta es la verdadera novia! La madrastra y las dos hermanas se asustaron y empalidecieron de rabia, pero él subió a Cenicienta al caballo y se marchó de allí. Al pasar por el pequeño avellano, las dos palomitas blancas dijeron: -Vuélvete y mira, vuélvete y mira, ya no hay sangre en la zapatilla: la zapatilla bien ya le encaja, a la novia de verdad llevas a casa.

A poem does not exist in and of itself but instead exists only in relation to the human being, Wilhelm wrote to Savigny, just as the sun in effect does not shine when we have our eyes closed.

Grimms’ able-bodied aesthetics lead them (and more precisely Wilhelm) to endow exemplary characters with beautiful eyes and to diminish the sight of immoral characters, even to the extent of depriving a wicked character of one or both eyes.

Please, sweetie, let me explain.” Taking a deep breath, Sara tried to gather her thoughts before proceeding. “It goes farther back, to your great-great-great-grandfather, Wilhelm Grimm, and his brother, Jacob.” “The Grimms. Do you mean the ones who wrote the fairy tales?” “Yes, the very same. And