Years teach us more than books.
BERTHOLD AUERBACHOur second mother, habit, is also a good mother.
More Berthold Auerbach Quotes
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Liberty is from God; liberties, from the devil.
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Gratitude is a soil on which joy thrives.
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In Nature there is no dirt, everything is in the right condition; the swamp and the worm, as well as the grass and the bird,-all is there for itself.
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Of all afflictions, the worst is self contempt.
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When the foot of the’ mountain is enveloped in mist, the mountain appears to us much loftier than it is; so also when the ground and basis of a disaster is not clear to us.
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If you sound great in the practice room, you’re practicing the wrong thing. Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.
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Some men, like modern shops, hang everything in their show windows; when one goes inside, nothing is to be found.
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The silver-leaved birch retains in its old age a soft bark; there are some such men.
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To acquire money requires valor, to keep money requires prudence, and to spend money well is an art.
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He who, to be happy, needs nothing but himself, is happy.
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Why has no religion this command before all others: Thou shalt work?
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Solitude has a healing consoler, friend, companion: it is work.
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Judaism lives not in an abstract creed, but in its institutions.
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The vain being is the really solitary being.
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It is only when one is thoroughly true that there can be purity and freedom. Falsehood always punishes itself.
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