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
mother good-mother habit
Our second mother, habit, is also a good mother.
liberty devil
Liberty is from God; liberties, from the devil.
character stains
When you have discovered a stain in yourself, you eagerly seek for and gladly find stains in others.
hands world hats
With hat in hand, one gets on in the world.
gratitude joy soil
Gratitude is a soil on which joy thrives.
bed easier accustomed
Truly, one gets easier accustomed to a silken bed than to a sack of leaves.
feet mountain disaster
When the foot of the' mountain is enveloped in mist, the mountain appears to us much loftier than it is; so also when the ground and basis of a disaster is not clear to us.
belief firm
Being alone when one's belief is firm, is not to be alone.
anger men oil
Weak men are easily put out of humor. Oil freezes quicker than water.