"I can give her no greater power than she has already," said the woman; "don't you see how strong that is? How men and animals are obliged to serve h… - Hans Christian Andersen
"I can give her no greater power than she has already," said the woman; "don't you see how strong that is? How men and animals are obliged to serve her, and how well she has got through the world, barefooted as she is. She cannot receive any power from me greater than she now has, which consists in her own purity and innocence of heart. If she cannot herself obtain access to the Snow Queen, and remove the glass fragments from little Kay, we can do nothing to help her."
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About Hans Christian Andersen
Hans Christian Andersen (2 April 1805 – 4 August 1875) was a Danish author. Although a prolific writer of plays, travelogues, novels, and poems, he is best remembered for his literary fairy tales.
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At that, the wise man smiled and said, 'Has your trip really been all in vain? Are you not returning richer in knowledge?'
'Yes,' answered the prince, 'I have gained THIS knowledge, that contentment is a rare gift on this earth.'
'And I have learned,' said the princess, 'that to be contented, one needs nothing more than simply - to be contented!'
Whereupon the price took the princess's hand; they looked at each other with an expression at deepest love. And the wise man blessed them and said, 'In your own hearts, you have found the true talisman! Guard it carefully, and the evil spirit of discontentment shall never in all eternity have any power over you!
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