Weak men are easily put out of humor. Oil freezes quicker than water.
BERTHOLD AUERBACHDiscontent is the source of all trouble,but also of all progress, in individuals and nations.
More Berthold Auerbach Quotes
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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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He who, to be happy, needs nothing but himself, is happy.
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The little dissatisfaction which every artist feels at the completion of a work forms the germ of a new 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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Only he is free who cultivates his own thoughts and strives without fear to do justice to them.
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Why has no religion this command before all others: Thou shalt work?
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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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Discontent is the source of all trouble,but also of all progress, in individuals and nations.
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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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It is only when one is thoroughly true that there can be purity and freedom. Falsehood always punishes itself.
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Judaism lives not in an abstract creed, but in its institutions.
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To harbor hatred and animosity in the soul makes one irritable, gloomy, and prematurely old.
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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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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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Gratitude is a soil on which joy thrives.
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