Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach Quotes
So soon as a fashion is universal, it is out of date.
Only the thinking man lives his life the thoughtless man's life passes him by.
Fear not those who argue but those who dodge.
In meeting again after a separation acquaintances ask after our outward life friends after our inn...
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We must prepare and study truth under every aspect endeavoring to ignore nothing if we do not wish...
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Whoever prefers the material comforts of life over intellectual wealth is like the owner of a palace...
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Oh happy pessimists! What a joy it is to them to be able to prove again and again that there is no j...
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Have patience with the quarrelsomeness of the stupid. It is not easy to comprehend that one does not...
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Conquer but never triumph.
We don't believe in rheumatism and true love until after the first attack.
They understand but little who understand only what can be explained.
We can be wise from goodness and good from wisdom.
If there be a faith that can move mountains it is faith in one's own power.
As far as your self-control goes as far goes your freedom.
If you have one good idea, people will lend you twenty.
We are so vain that we even care for the opinion of those we don't care for.
In youth we learn in age we understand.
Nothing is so often irretrievably missed as a daily opportunity.
The incurable ills are the imaginary ills
Parents forgive their children least readily for the faults they themselves instilled in them.
In youth we learn in age we understand.
To have and not to give is often worse than to steal.
Do your duty until it becomes your joy.
In youth we learn in age we understand.
Whenever two good people argue over principles they are both right.
