Quote of the day
The basis of tragedy is man's helplessness against disease, war and death; the basis of comedy is man's helplessness against vanity (the vanity of love, greed, lust, power).
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