Jeanne-Marie Leprince De Beaumont Quotes

#1. Since you are so kind as to think of me, be so kind as to bring me a rose, for as none grow hereabouts, they are a kind of rarity.

Jeanne-Marie Leprince De Beaumont

#2. There is many a monster who wears the form of a man; it is better of the two to have the heart of a man and the form of a monster.

Jeanne-Marie Leprince De Beaumont

#3. Yes, yes," said the Beast, "my heart is good, but still I am a monster." Among mankind," says Beauty, "there are many that deserve that name more than you, and I prefer you, just as you are, to those, who, under a human form, hide a treacherous, corrupt, and ungrateful heart.

Jeanne-Marie Leprince De Beaumont

#4. I must," said the Beast, "for, alas! I know too well my own misfortune, but then I love you with the tenderest affection. However, I ought to think myself happy, that you will stay here; promise me never to leave me.

Jeanne-Marie Leprince De Beaumont

#5. Alas! I thought I had only a friendship for you, but the grief I now feel convinces me, that I cannot live without you.

Jeanne-Marie Leprince De Beaumont

#6. Afterwards, thought she to herself, "Beast surely has a mind to fatten me before he eats me,

Jeanne-Marie Leprince De Beaumont

#7. Pride, anger, gluttony, and idleness are sometimes conquered, but the conversion of a malicious and envious mind is a kind of miracle.

Jeanne-Marie Leprince De Beaumont