“Hast thou been con- tented with what thou hast, or didst thou always desire to have more ? " The heart was not slow in answering, " I have been hard and pitiless, and have never shown any kindness to my own family. If a beggar came, I turned away my eyes from him. I have not troubled myself about God, but have thought only of increasing my wealth. If everything which the sky covers had been mine own, I should still not have had enough."”

— Grimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes, Tale 195 · served from our shelf uncorrected OCR — being verified against the scan