Will Christian
Will Christian
real men mad
I have gone through the most terrible affair that could possibly happen; only imagine, my shadow has gone mad; I suppose such a poor, shallow brain, could not bear much; he fancies that he has become a real man, and that I am his shadow.
brave soldier brave-soldiers
Brave soldier, never fear. Even though your death is near.
mermaid suffering tears
Mermaids have no tears, and so they suffer all the more.
travel journey mind
Travelling expands the mind rarely.
people ifs
Now, if we only had as many casks of butter as there are people here, then I would eat lots of butter!
wise writing men
Well, yes: people write poems when they are in love, but a wise man will not print them.
tree proud littles
There was once a bundle of matches, and they were frightfully proud because of their high origin. Their family tree, that is to say the great pine tree of which they were each a little splinter, had been the giant of the forest.
important littles knows
How little do the wisest among us know of that which is so important to us all.
daughter brother stars
Far away, where the swallows take refuge in winter, lived a king who had eleven sons and one daughter, Elise. The eleven brothers--they were all princes--used to go to school with stars on their breasts and swords at their sides. They wrote upon golden slates with diamond pencils, and could read just as well without a book as with one, so there was no mistake about their being princes. Their sister Elise sat upon a little footstool of looking-glass, and she has a picture-book which had cost the half of a kingdom. Oh, these children were very happy; but it was not to last thus forever.
gold way misers
I covet honour in the same way as a miser covets gold.
stupid giving answers
Well, it's not so easy to give an answer when you ask a stupid question!
winning destiny mermaid
A mermaid has not an immortal soul, nor can she obtain one unless she wins the love of a human being. On the power of another hangs her eternal destiny.
eye light fairy-tale
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.
thinking age may
Time is so fleeting that if we do not remember God in our youth, age may find us incapable of thinking of him.