Quotes by Jacob Grimm

About Jacob Grimm:

Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm is known as the discoverer of Grimm's law (linguistics), the author (with his brother Wilhelm) of the monumental Deutsches Wörterbuch, the author of Deutsche Mythologie and, more popularly, as one of the Brothers Grimm, as the editor of Grimm's Fairy Tales.
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Evil is also not anything small or close to home, and not the worst; otherwise one could grow accustomed to it.

Jacob Grimm

In the meantime, when he went on his way back, the seed had grown into a tree which reached up to the sky. Then thought the peasant, 'As thou hast the chance, thou must just see what the angels are doing up there above, and for once have them before ...

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Jacob wrote that the true poet ‘is like a man who is happy anywhere, in endless measure, if he is allowed to look at leaves and grass, to see the sun rise and set. The false poet travels abroad in strange countries and hopes to be uplifted by the m...

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Thus it is with proud silly people, who think themselves above everyone else, and are too proud to ask or take advice.

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Then up he got with a light heart, free from all his troubles, and walked on till he reached his mother's house, and told her how very easy the road to good luck was.

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Take me as godfather." The man asked, "Who art thou?" "I am Death, and I make all equal." Then said the man, "Thou art the right one, thou takest the rich as well as the poor, without distinction; thou shalt be godfather." Death answered, "I will mak...

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The Lord God had created all animals, and had chosen out the wolf to be his dog.

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A good friend doesn't let you do stupid things .... alone.

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Love is like death, it must come to us all, but to each his own unique way and time, sometimes it will be avoided, but never can it be cheated, and never will it be forgotten.

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Grimm: Cat and Mouse (#1.18)" (2012) Edgar Waltz: You may think I'm a monster, but what I am is necessary. No society would survive without order. Free thought is not free. There's no such thing as revolution. The oppressed always become the oppresso...

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Grimm: BeeWare (#1.3)" (2011) Nick Burkhardt: I don't need you for what you know, I need your nose. Monroe: Oh, I get it. So little Timmy's stuck in a well, you need Lassie to come find him. You really know how to butter a guy up for a favor. Nick Bu...

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Author Bio

  • NameJacob Grimm
  • DescriptionGerman philologist, jurist and mythologist
  • AliasesJacob Ludwig Carl Grimm; Jacob Ludwig Karl Grimm
  • BornJanuary 4, 1785
  • DiedSeptember 20, 1863
  • CountryGermany
  • ProfessionJurist; Lexicographer; Anthropologist; Linguist; Philologist; Mythologist; Librarian; Writer; Law Librarian; Children's Writer
  • AwardsOrder Of Merit For Arts And Science