Charles Perrault Quotes

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The poor child was the drudge of the household, and was always in the wrong. He was, however, the most bright and discreet of all the brothers; and if he spoke little, he heard and thought the more.

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The gentleman had also a young daughter, of rare goodness and sweetness of temper, which she took from her mother, who was the best creature in the world.

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The next day the two sisters went to the ball, and so did Cinderella, but dressed more magnificently than before. The King's son was always by her side, and his pretty speeches to her never ceased.

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The Prince, charmed with these words, and much more with the manner in which they were spoken, knew not how to show his joy and gratitude; he assured her that he loved her better than he did himself.

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After a hundred years the son of the King then reigning, who was of another family from that of the sleeping Princess, was a-hunting on that side of the country, and he asked what those towers were which he saw in the middle of a great thick wood.

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... Open anything you want. Go anywhere you wish. But I absolutely forbid you to enter that little room, and if you open it so much as a crack, nothing will protect you from my wrath.

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Once upon a time there was a widow who had two daughters. The elder was so much like her, both in looks and character, that whoever saw the daughter saw the mother.

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The King's son, who was told that a great princess, whom nobody knew, was come, ran out to receive her. He gave her his hand as she alighted from the coach, and led her into the hall where the company were assembled.

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'Anne, sister Anne, do you see nothing coming?' And her sister Anne replied, 'I see nothing but the sun showing up the dust, and the grass looking green.'

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The king was astonished at the vast amount of property owned by the Marquis of Carabas.

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"Anne, my sister Anne, do you see nothing coming?"
"I see nothing but the sun that makes everything dusty, and the grass that grows green."

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'Oh Grandmother! What big ears you have!'
'All the better to hear you with.'

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She then gave her a pair of slippers made of glass, the prettiest in the world.

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These were all the women whom Bluebeard had married, and whose throats he had cut one after the other.

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But the blood always remained, for the key was enchanted.

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Her godmother, who was a fairy, said to her, "You want to go to the ball, don't you?"

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Haven't you heard that this house belongs to an ogre who eats little children?

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When she had done her work, she would go over to the chimney corner, and sit among the cinders.

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She said to her, "Grandmother, what great arms you have!"
"That's to embrace you the better, my child."
"Grandmother, what great legs you have!"
"That's to run the better, my child."
"Grandmother, what great ears you have!"
"That's to hear the better, my child."
"Grandmother, what great teeth you have!"
"That's for to eat you."
And upon saying these words, this naughty Wolf threw himself upon Little Red Riding Hood, and ate her.

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I wish with all my heart that you may be the most lovable prince in the world, and I bestow my gift on you as much as I am able.

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Fetch me my seven-league boots so I can catch the children.

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