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All men are selfish, but the vain man is in love with himself. He admires, like the lover his adored one, everything which to others is indifferent.

Berthold Auerbach

When you have discovered a stain in yourself, you eagerly seek for and gladly find stains in others.
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Character Gladly Others Stains
To acquire money requires valor, to keep money requires prudence, and to spend money well is an art.
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Art Money Valor
Weak men are easily put out of humor. Oil freezes quicker than water.
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Anger Men Person Weak
The vain being is the really solitary being.
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Solitary Vain Vanity
We hear the rain fall, but not the snow. Bitter grief is loud, calm grief is silent.
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Fall Grief Rain Silent
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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Dust Practice Soul
All men are selfish, but the vain man is in love with himself. He admires, like the lover his adored one, everything which to others is indifferent.
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Men Selfish Vanity
Why has no religion this command before all others: Thou shalt work?
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Command Work
Years teach us more than books.
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Inspirational Life Wisdom
Of all afflictions, the worst is self contempt.
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Acceptance Love Loving Yourself
The silver-leaved birch retains in its old age a soft bark; there are some such men.
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Age Men Retains Silver
Being alone when one’s belief is firm, is not to be alone.
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Alone Belief Firm
Some men, like modern shops, hang everything in their show windows; when one goes inside, nothing is to be found.
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Men Modern Window
Judaism lives not in an abstract creed, but in its institutions.
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Abstract Creeds Institutions
The little dissatisfaction which every artist feels at the completion of a work forms the germ of a new work.
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Artist Littles New Work
Discontent is the source of all trouble,but also of all progress, in individuals and nations.
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Improvement Inspirational Progress Self

All men are selfish, but the vain man is in love with himself. He admires, like the lover his adored one, everything which to others is indifferent.

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