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Liberty is from God; liberties, from the devil.

Berthold Auerbach

The silver-leaved birch retains in its old age a soft bark; there are some such men.
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Age Men Retains Silver
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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Men Selfish Vanity
Liberty is from God; liberties, from the devil.
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Devil God Liberty
We hear the rain fall, but not the snow. Bitter grief is loud, calm grief is silent.
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Fall Grief Rain Silent
To acquire money requires valor, to keep money requires prudence, and to spend money well is an art.
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Art Money Valor
To harbor hatred and animosity in the soul makes one irritable, gloomy, and prematurely old.
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Harbor Hatred Soul
The world is the same everywhere.
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Everywhere Work World
Being alone when one’s belief is firm, is not to be alone.
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Alone Belief Firm
The vain being is the really solitary being.
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Solitary Vain Vanity
Our second mother, habit, is also a good mother.
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Emotion Good Habit Mother
Truly, one gets easier accustomed to a silken bed than to a sack of leaves.
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Accustomed Bed Easier
Only he is free who cultivates his own thoughts and strives without fear to do justice to them.
BERTHOLD AUERBACH

Fear Justice Strive
The little dissatisfaction which every artist feels at the completion of a work forms the germ of a new work.
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Artist Littles New Work
We consider it tedious to talk of the weather, and yet there is nothing more important.
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Important Tedious Weather
When you have discovered a stain in yourself, you eagerly seek for and gladly find stains in others.
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Character Gladly Others Stains
Discontent is the source of all trouble,but also of all progress, in individuals and nations.
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Improvement Inspirational Progress Self

Liberty is from God; liberties, from the devil.

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