Liberty is from God; liberties, from the devil.
BERTHOLD AUERBACHSome men, like modern shops, hang everything in their show windows; when one goes inside, nothing is to be found.
More Berthold Auerbach Quotes
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Discontent is the source of all trouble,but also of all progress, in individuals and nations.
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We hear the rain fall, but not the snow. Bitter grief is loud, calm grief is silent.
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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.
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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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Solitude has a healing consoler, friend, companion: it is work.
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We consider it tedious to talk of the weather, and yet there is nothing more important.
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Why has no religion this command before all others: Thou shalt work?
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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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The vain being is the really solitary being.
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With hat in hand, one gets on in the world.
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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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Our second mother, habit, is also a good mother.
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Gratitude is a soil on which joy thrives.
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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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Being alone when one’s belief is firm, is not to be alone.
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