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.
Of all afflictions, the worst is self contempt. - Berthold Auerbach
Of all afflictions, the worst is self contempt.
- Berthold Auerbach
Discontent is the source of all trouble,but also of all progress, in individuals and nations. - Berthold Auerbach
Discontent is the source of all trouble,but also of all progress, in individuals and nations.
Solitude has a healing consoler, friend, companion: it is work. - Berthold Auerbach
Solitude has a healing consoler, friend, companion: it is work.
To acquire money requires valor, to keep money requires prudence, and to spend money well is an art. - Berthold Auerbach
To acquire money requires valor, to keep money requires prudence, and to spend money well is an art.
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. - Berthold Auerbach
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.
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. - Berthold Auerbach
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.
Years teach us more than books. - Berthold Auerbach
Years teach us more than books.
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. - Berthold Auerbach
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.
Only he is free who cultivates his own thoughts and strives without fear to do justice to them. - Berthold Auerbach
Only he is free who cultivates his own thoughts and strives without fear to do justice to them.
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