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
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.
liberty devil
Liberty is from God; liberties, from the devil.
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.
vanity vain solitary
The vain being is the really solitary being.
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.
men age silver
The silver-leaved birch retains in its old age a soft bark; there are some such men.
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 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.
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.
work world
The world is the same everywhere.