About Berthold Auerbach
Berthold Auerbach (28 February 1812 – 8 February 1882) was a German 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.
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All great deeds and all great thoughts have a ridiculous beginning.
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We often repent of our first thoughts, and scarce ever of our second.