Hans Jakob Christoph von Grimmelshausen

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Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen (1621/22 – 17 August 1676) was a German author. He is best known for his 1669 picaresque novel Simplicius Simplicissimus (German: Der abenteuerliche Simplicissimus) and the accompanying Simplician Scriptures series.

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Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen (1621/22 – 17 August 1676) was a German author. He is best known for his 1669...

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So perfect and complete was my ignorance that it was impossible for me to know that I knew nothing.

Although I had managed to escape from the goose-coop, I now realized the full extent of my misfortune, for I had shitted my trousers and did not know what to do about it.

This much I know for certain: dancing can lead to transactions that whole families have cause to be ashamed of.

So perfect and complete was my ignorance that it was impossible for me to know that I knew nothing.

Although I had managed to escape from the goose-coop, I now realized the full extent of my misfortune, for I had shitted my trousers and did not know what to do about it.

This much I know for certain: dancing can lead to transactions that whole families have cause to be ashamed of.