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The naive was only a part of my fairy tales humour was the real salt in them.
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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Farewell, farewell, said the swallow, with a heavy heart, as he left the warm countries, to fly back into Denmark. There he had a nest over the window of a house in which dwelt the writer of fairy tales. The swallow sang Tweet, tweet, and from his song came the whole story.
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Every step you take will feel as if you were treading upon knife blades so sharp that blood must flow. I am willing to help you, but are you willing to suffer all this? Yes, the little mermaid said in a trembling voice, as she thought of the Prince and of gaining a human soul.
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I covet honour in the same way as a miser covets gold.
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Almighty God, thee only have I thou steerest my fate, I must give myself up to thee! Give me a livelihood! Give me a bride! My blood wants love, as my heart does!
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Each time I think that the song is ended ... something higher and better begins for me.
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It is the power of thought that gives man power over nature.
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The sun shines upon good and bad alike.
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There was once a merchant who was so rich that he might have paved the whole street, and a little alley besides, with silver money. But he didn't do it--he knew better how to use his money than that.
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If you looked down to the bottom of my soul, you would understand fully the source of my longing and – pity me. Even the open, transparent lake has its unknown depths, which no divers know.
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When the bird of the heart begins to sing, too often will reason stop up her ears.
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Eighty percent of our criminals come from unsympathetic homes.
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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.
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We cannot expect to be happy always ... by experiencing evil as well as good we become wise.
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But the Emperor has nothing at all on!
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Everything you look at can become a fairy tale and you can get a story from everything you touch.
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Far out in the ocean, where the water is as blue as the prettiest cornflower, and as clear as crystal, it is very, very deep so deep, indeed, that no cable could fathom it: many church steeples, piled one upon another, would not reach from the ground beneath to the surface of the water above. There dwell the Sea King and his subjects.
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Enjoy life. There's plenty of time to be dead.
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Most of the people who will walk after me will be children, so make the beat keep time with short steps.
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Just living is not enough... one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.
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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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