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Quotation from Household Stories (Grimm's Fairy Tales) by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm

“Dear child, be pious and good, and God will always take care of you, and I will look down upon you from heaven, and will be with you.”

Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm (spoken by Aschenputtel's mother)

Household Stories (Grimm's Fairy Tales), Aschenputtel, trans. Lucy Crane

Portrait of Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm

The dying mother's words at the opening of the tale; her daughter visits the grave daily and remains pious and good.

Citation: "Dear child, be pious and good, and God will always take care of you, and I will look down upon you from heaven, and will be with you." — Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, Household Stories (Grimm's Fairy Tales), Aschenputtel, trans. Lucy Crane. (id grimms-fairy-tales-q3)

Virtues: Piety

Portrait: Grimm, Elisabeth Baumann, Public domain.

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