Hans Christian Andersen Men Quotations

At first she was overjoyed that he would be with her, but then she recalled that human people could not live under the water, and he could only visit her father's palace as a dead man.

In the days of Moses and the prophets such a man would have been counted among the wise men of the land; in the Middle Ages he would have been burned at the stake.

I have gone through the most terrible affair that could possibly happen; only imagine, my shadow has gone mad; I suppose such a poor, shallow brain, could not bear much; he fancies that he has become a real man, and that I am his shadow.

Well, yes: people write poems when they are in love, but a wise man will not print them.

One cannot quite trust the word of potted flowers," thought the butterfly; "they have too much to do with men.

The wiser a man becomes, the more he will read, and those who are wisest read most.

It is the power of thought that gives man power over nature.

Enjoy life. There's plenty of time to be dead.

Every man's life is a fairy tale written by God's fingers.

Every town, like every man, has its own countenance; they have a common likeness and yet are different; one keeps in his mind all their peculiar touches.

Nothing is too high for a man to reach, but he must climb with care and confidence