Berthold Auerbach was 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.
“Wer nicht zufrieden ist mit dem, was er hat, der waere auch nicht zufrieden mit dem, was er haben moechte.”
“Years teach us more than books.”
“Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.”