It is only when one is thoroughly true that there can be purity and freedom. Falsehood always punishes itself.
BERTHOLD AUERBACHBeing alone when one’s belief is firm, is not to be alone.
More Berthold Auerbach Quotes
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He who, to be happy, needs nothing but himself, is happy.
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With hat in hand, one gets on in the world.
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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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When you have discovered a stain in yourself, you eagerly seek for and gladly find stains in others.
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Some men, like modern shops, hang everything in their show windows; when one goes inside, nothing is to be found.
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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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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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The vain being is the really solitary being.
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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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Why has no religion this command before all others: Thou shalt work?
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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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Judaism lives not in an abstract creed, but in its institutions.
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Weak men are easily put out of humor. Oil freezes quicker than water.
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