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. — Berthold Auerbach Copy Share Image
Why has no religion this command before all others: Thou shalt work? — Berthold Auerbach Copy Share Image
Discontent is the source of all trouble,but also of all progress, in individuals and nations. — Berthold Auerbach Copy Share Image
No mortal eye has ever fully seen a flash of lightning ... for no matter how firmly we look, our eyes are sure to… — Berthold Auerbach Copy Share Image
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… — Berthold Auerbach Copy Share Image
People look with sympathetic eyes only at the blossom and the fruit, and disregard the long period of transition during which the one is… — Berthold Auerbach Copy Share Image
Weak men are easily put out of humor. Oil freezes quicker than water. — Berthold Auerbach Copy Share Image
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… — Berthold Auerbach Copy Share Image
In Nature there is no dirt, everything is in the right condition; the swamp and the worm, as well as the grass and the… — Berthold Auerbach Copy Share Image
Judaism lives not in an abstract creed, but in its institutions. — Berthold Auerbach Copy Share Image
