The Master Thief is a Norwegian fairy tale collected by Peter Chr. Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe. The Brothers Grimm included a shorter variant as tale 192 in their fairy tales. Andrew Lang included it in The Red Fairy Book. It is Aarne-Thompson type 1525A, Stealing the Count's Horse, Sheet, and Parson.
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Famous quotes containing the words master and/or thief:
“There are many skillful apprentices, but few master workmen.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“A woman hostage
will call a young thief “hero”
and look at him with love,
even if she’s lost her mind with grief
because her family
has been slaughtered.
As far as virtues go,
who can hold a grudge?”
—Hla Stavhana (c. 50 A.D.)