Quotes by Wilhelm Grimm

“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.””

“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.””

“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.””

“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.””

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

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

“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.””

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