I have been young and am now old, and have not yet known an untruthful man to come to a good end.
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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With hat in hand, one gets on in the world.
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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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Solitude has a healing consoler, friend, companion: it is work.
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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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Only he is free who cultivates his own thoughts and strives without fear to do justice to them.
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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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Our second mother, habit, is also a good mother.
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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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We consider it tedious to talk of the weather, and yet there is nothing more important.
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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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Years teach us more than books.
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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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Being alone when one’s belief is firm, is not to be alone.
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Why has no religion this command before all others: Thou shalt work?
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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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