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To be born in a duck's nest, in a farmyard, is of no consequence to a bird, if it is hatched from a swan's egg.
Hans Christian Andersen
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Hans Christian Andersen
Age: 70 †
Born: 1805
Born: April 2
Died: 1875
Died: August 4
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We haven't yet got eyes that can gaze into all the splendour that God has created, but we shall get them one day and that will be the finest fairy tale of all, for we shall be in it ourselves.
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He found whole figures which represented a written word but he never could manage to represent just the word he wanted - that word was 'eternity', and the Snow Queen had said, If you can discover that figure, you shall be your own master, and I will make you a present of the whole world and a pair of new skates. But he could not find it out.
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Just living is not enough... one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.
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She thought, He whom I love more than my father or mother, he of whom I am always thinking, and in whose hands I would so willingly trust my lifelong happiness. I dare do anything to win him and to gain an immortal soul.
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Each time I think that the song is ended ... something higher and better begins for me.
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But the Emperor has nothing at all on!
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A human life is a story told by God.
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It is out of reality that the most peculiar tale of all is born ... Some call me the Elder Granny, others - the Dryad, but my real name is Memory. It is I who sits on a tree that keeps on growing, and growing, it is I who reminisces and tells stories.
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No, the light is too intense we do not yet have eyes that can see all the glory God has created. But maybe someday we will have such eyes. That will be the most wonderful fairy tale of all, for we ourselves will be part of it.
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Now, if we only had as many casks of butter as there are people here, then I would eat lots of butter!
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The wiser a man becomes, the more he will read, and those who are wisest read most.
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I covet honour in the same way as a miser covets gold.
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It is the power of thought that gives man power over nature.
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Every town, like every man, has its own countenance they have a common likeness and yet are different one keeps in his mind all their peculiar touches.
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