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I have been young and am now old, and have not yet known an untruthful man to come to a good end.

Berthold Auerbach

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
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
Truly, one gets easier accustomed to a silken bed than to a sack of leaves.
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Accustomed Bed Easier
The vain being is the really solitary being.
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Solitary Vain Vanity
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
No mortal eye has ever fully seen a flash of lightning … for no matter how firmly we look, our eyes are sure to be dazzled.
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Eye Lightning Looks
I have been young and am now old, and have not yet known an untruthful man to come to a good end.
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Corruption Ends Men
Gratitude is a soil on which joy thrives.
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Gratitude Joy Soil
To harbor hatred and animosity in the soul makes one irritable, gloomy, and prematurely old.
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Harbor Hatred Soul
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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Bird Nature Swamp
Being alone when one’s belief is firm, is not to be alone.
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Alone Belief Firm
Years teach us more than books.
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Inspirational Life Wisdom
Solitude has a healing consoler, friend, companion: it is work.
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Companion Healing Solitude
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
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

I have been young and am now old, and have not yet known an untruthful man to come to a good end.

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