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Famous Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach Quotes
“The sympathy of most people consists of a mixture of good-humour, curiosity, and self-importance.”
“Little evil would be done in the world if evil never could be done in the name of good.”
“If there be a faith that can move mountains, it is faith in one's own power.”
“People more easily tolerate opposition than a contradiction”
“He who believes in freedom of the will has never loved and never hated.”
“Only the thinking man lives his life, the thoughtless man's life passes him by.”
“They understand but a little who understand only what can be explained.”
“No one is so eager to gain new experiences as he who doesn't know how to make use of the old ones.”
“An intelligent woman has millions of born enemies... all the stupid men.”
“Many think they have a kind heart who have only weak nerves.”
“He who has trusted where he ought not will surely mistrust where he ought not.”
“You stay young as long as you can learn, acquire new habits, and suffer contradictions.”
“We are so vain that we even care for the opinion of those we don't care for.”
“Whenever two good people argue over principles, they are both right.”
“When the time comes in which one could, the time has passed in which one can.”
“Genius points the way, talent takes it.”
“To be content with little is difficult; to be content with much, impossible.”
“Be the first to say something obvious and achieve immortality.”
“Nowadays people are born to find fault. When they look at Achilles, they see only his heel.”
“One has to do good in order for it to exist in the world.”
“When art find no temple open, it takes refuge in the workshop.”
“We don't believe in rheumatism and true love until after the first attack.”
“Parents forgive their children least readily for the faults they themselves instilled in them.”
“Not what we experience, but how we perceive what we experience, determines our fate.”
“Exceptions are not always the proof of the old rule; they can also be the harbinger of a new one.”
“As far as your self-control goes, as far goes your freedom.”