Weak men are easily put out of humor. Oil freezes quicker than water.
BERTHOLD AUERBACHWhat will people say-in these words lies the tyranny of the world, the whole destruction of our natural disposition, the oblique vision of our minds. These four words hold sway everywhere.
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What will people say-in these words lies the tyranny of the world, the whole destruction of our natural disposition, the oblique vision of our minds. These four words hold sway everywhere.
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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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To acquire money requires valor, to keep money requires prudence, and to spend money well is an art.
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Discontent is the source of all trouble,but also of all progress, in individuals and nations.
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Years teach us more than books.
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The world is the same everywhere.
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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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Gratitude is a soil on which joy thrives.
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Only he is free who cultivates his own thoughts and strives without fear to do justice to them.
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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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The silver-leaved birch retains in its old age a soft bark; there are some such men.
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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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Being alone when one’s belief is firm, is not to be alone.
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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.
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