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None are so inconsiderate as those who demand nothing of life other than their own personal comfort.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
2.
Misanthropy is a suit of armor lined with thorns.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
3.
Many think they have a kind heart who have only weak nerves.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
4.
An intelligent woman has millions of born enemies... all the stupid men.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
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We are so vain that we even care for the opinion of those we don't care for.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
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Calmness is the graceful form of Confidence.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
7.
Exceptions are not always the proof of the old rule; they can also be the harbinger of a new one.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
8.
Nothing is so often and so irrevocably missed as the opportunity which crops up daily.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
9.
There are very few honest friends--the demand is not particularly great.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
10.
Pain is the great teacher of mankind. Beneath its breath souls develop.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
11.
He who believes in freedom of the will has never loved and never hated.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
12.
Not what we experience, but how we perceive what we experience, determines our fate.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
13.
How wise must one be to be always kind.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
14.
You stay young as long as you can learn, acquire new habits, and suffer contradictions.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
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"People's minds are trained largely at the expense of their hearts." This is not so; it is only that there are more educable minds than there are educable hearts.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
16.
We can be wise from goodness and good from wisdom.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
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The poor man wishes to conceal his poverty, and the rich man his wealth: the former fears lest he be despised, the latter lest he be plundered.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
18.
Whoever prefers the material comforts of life over intellectual wealth is like the owner of a palace who moves into the servants’ quarters and leaves the sumptuous rooms empty.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
19.
Grace is the outcome of inward harmony.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
20.
When curiosity turns to serious matters, it's called research.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
21.
In youth we learn; in age we understand.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
22.
Never expect women to be sincere, so long as they are educated to think that their first aim in life is to please.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
23.
Privilege is the greatest enemy of right.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
24.
We don't believe in rheumatism and true love until after the first attack.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
25.
He who says patience, says courage, endurance, strength.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
26.
Happy slaves are the bitterest enemies of freedom.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
27.
Only the thinking man lives his life, the thoughtless man's life passes him by.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
28.
Deep learning doesn't shine.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
29.
Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
30.
Even a stopped clock is right twice every day. After some years, it can boast of a long series of successes.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
31.
Generosity, to be perfect, should always be accompanied by a dash of humor.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
32.
Nobody knows enough, but many know too much.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
33.
Since the well-known victory over the hare by the tortoise, the descendants of the tortoise think themselves miracles of speed.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
34.
As far as your self-control goes, as far goes your freedom.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
35.
Consider once before you give, twice before you receive, and a thousand times before you ask.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
36.
Fear not those who argue but those who dodge.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
37.
There is only one proof of ability - action.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
38.
Those who know nothing must believe everything.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
39.
Do not consider yourself deprived because your dreams were not fulfilled; the truly deprived have never dreamed.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
40.
Our greatest indulgence towards a man springs from our despair of him.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
41.
So soon as a fashion is universal, it is out of date.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
42.
Whenever two good people argue over principles, they are both right.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
43.
We are not always even what we are most.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
44.
To be satisfied with little is hard, to be satisfied with a lot is impossible.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
45.
Genius points the way, talent takes it.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
46.
The wise man is seldom prudent.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
47.
Many think that when they have confessed a fault there is no need of correcting it.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
48.
How happy are the pessimists! What joy is theirs when they have proved there is no joy.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
49.
The believer who has never doubted will hardly convert a doubter.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
50.
Not reading a beautiful book again because you've already read it, that is, as if you were not visiting a dear friend again because you know him already.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
