Berthold Auerbach
Berthold Auerbach
Berthold Auerbachwas a German-Jewish poet and author. He was the founder of the German "tendency novel", in which fiction is used as a means of influencing public opinion on social, political, moral, and religious questions...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth28 February 1812
CountryGermany
lying people mind
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.
men age silver
The silver-leaved birch retains in its old age a soft bark; there are some such men.
eye matter lightning
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.
vanity vain solitary
The vain being is the really solitary being.
abstract institutions creeds
Judaism lives not in an abstract creed, but in its institutions.
men window modern
Some men, like modern shops, hang everything in their show windows; when one goes inside, nothing is to be found.
imagination despots
Imagination is the mightiest despot.
needs
He who, to be happy, needs nothing but himself, is happy.
healing solitude companion
Solitude has a healing consoler, friend, companion: it is work.
truth purity falsehood
It is only when one is thoroughly true that there can be purity and freedom. Falsehood always punishes itself.
selfish men vanity
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.
weather important tedious
We consider it tedious to talk of the weather, and yet there is nothing more important.
work world
The world is the same everywhere.
mother good-mother habit
Our second mother, habit, is also a good mother.