Quote of the day
If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.
Jacob Grimm
Born: January 4, 1785
Died: September 20, 1863 (aged 78)
Bio: Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm was a German philologist, jurist, and mythologist.
Known for:
- Jorinde and Joringel (1812)
- Brother and Sister (1812)
- Deutsche Sagen (1816)
- King Thrushbeard
- The Golden Bird