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
artist littles germs
The little dissatisfaction which every artist feels at the completion of a work forms the germ of a new work.
inspirational book years
Years teach us more than books.
hatred soul harbors
To harbor hatred and animosity in the soul makes one irritable, gloomy, and prematurely old.
fear justice strive
Only he is free who cultivates his own thoughts and strives without fear to do justice to them.
acceptance self affliction
Of all afflictions, the worst is self contempt.
self-improvement progress trouble
Discontent is the source of all trouble,but also of all progress, in individuals and nations.
dust practice soul
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.
men corruption young
I have been young and am now old, and have not yet known an untruthful man to come to a good end.
knowledge weather tomorrow
What is all our knowledge worth? We do not even know what the weather will be tomorrow.
rain fall grief
We hear the rain fall, but not the snow. Bitter grief is loud, calm grief is silent.
mean gay expression
The best and simplest cosmetic for women is constant gentleness and sympathy for the noblest interests of her fellow-creatures. This preserves and gives to her features an indelibly gay, fresh, and agreeable expression. If women would but realize that harshness makes them ugly, it would prove the best means of conversion.
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.
abstract institutions creeds
Judaism lives not in an abstract creed, but in its institutions.