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Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach quotes: In meeting again after a separation, acquaintances ask after our outward life, friends after our inner life.

In meeting again after a separation, acquaintances ask after our outward life, friends after our inner life.

Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach quotes: One has to do good in order for it to exist in the world.

One has to do good in order for it to exist in the world.

Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach quotes: That bad manners are so prevalent in the world is the fault of good manners.

That bad manners are so prevalent in the world is the fault of good manners.

Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach quotes: A book cannot easily be too bad for the general public, but may easily be too good.

A book cannot easily be too bad for the general public, but may easily be too good.

Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach quotes: What delights us in visible beauty is the invisible.

What delights us in visible beauty is the invisible.

Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach quotes: Since the well-known victory over the hare by the tortoise, the descendants of the tortoise think themselves miracles of speed.

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 quotes: Our greatest indulgence towards a man springs from our despair of him.

Our greatest indulgence towards a man springs from our despair of him.

Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach quotes: You can sink so fast that you think you are flying.

You can sink so fast that you think you are flying.

Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach quotes: 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.

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 quotes: How wise must one be to be always kind.

How wise must one be to be always kind.

Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach quotes: An aphorism is the last link in a long chain of thought.

An aphorism is the last link in a long chain of thought.

Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach quotes: A defeat borne with pride is also a victory.

A defeat borne with pride is also a victory.

Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach quotes: One thought cannot awake without awakening others.

One thought cannot awake without awakening others.

Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach quotes: Many think they have a kind heart who have only weak nerves.

Many think they have a kind heart who have only weak nerves.

Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach quotes: Privilege is the greatest enemy of right.

Privilege is the greatest enemy of right.

Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach quotes: Those who know nothing must believe everything.

Those who know nothing must believe everything.

Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach quotes: Where would the power of women be, were it not for the vanity of men?

Where would the power of women be, were it not for the vanity of men?

Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach quotes: Old age transfigures or fossilizes.

Old age transfigures or fossilizes.

Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach quotes: In this world, all power rests upon force.

In this world, all power rests upon force.

Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach quotes: The world belongs to those who possess it, and is scorned by those to whom it should belong.

The world belongs to those who possess it, and is scorned by those to whom it should belong.

Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach quotes: Only those few people who practice it believe in goodness.

Only those few people who practice it believe in goodness.

Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach quotes: Misanthropy is a suit of armor lined with thorns.

Misanthropy is a suit of armor lined with thorns.

Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach quotes: There are times when to be reasonable is to be cowardly.

There are times when to be reasonable is to be cowardly.

Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach quotes: Calmness is the graceful form of Confidence.

Calmness is the graceful form of Confidence.

Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach quotes: There are very few honest friendsthe demand is not particularly great.

There are very few honest friends
the demand is not particularly great.

Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach quotes: Origins are of the greatest importance. We are almost reconciled to having a cold when we remember where we caught it.

Origins are of the greatest importance. We are almost reconciled to having a cold when we remember where we caught it.

Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach quotes: When the time comes in which one could, the time has passed in which one can.

When the time comes in which one could, the time has passed in which one can.

Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach quotes: Enthusiasm does not always speak for those who arouse it, but always for those who experience it.

Enthusiasm does not always speak for those who arouse it, but always for those who experience it.

Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach quotes: What you wish to do you are apt to think you ought to do.

What you wish to do you are apt to think you ought to do.

Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach quotes: Indifference of every kind is reprehensible, even indifference towards one's self.

Indifference of every kind is reprehensible, even indifference towards one's self.

Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach quotes: To be content with little is hard; to be content with much, impossible.

To be content with little is hard; to be content with much, impossible.

Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach quotes: Have patience with the quarrelsomeness of the stupid. It is not easy to comprehend that one does not comprehend.

Have patience with the quarrelsomeness of the stupid. It is not easy to comprehend that one does not comprehend.

Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach quotes: Those who understand only what can be explained understand very little.

Those who understand only what can be explained understand very little.

Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach quotes: There is only one proof of ability - action.

There is only one proof of ability - action.

Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach quotes: Authors from whom others steal should not complain, but rejoice. Where there is no game there are no poachers.

Authors from whom others steal should not complain, but rejoice. Where there is no game there are no poachers.

Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach quotes: Nobody knows enough, but many know too much.

Nobody knows enough, but many know too much.

Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach quotes: To be content with little is difficult; to be content with much, impossible.

To be content with little is difficult; to be content with much, impossible.

Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach quotes: Age either transfigures or petrifies.

Age either transfigures or petrifies.

Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach quotes: To accept reason is impossible if you don't already possess it.

To accept reason is impossible if you don't already possess it.

Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach quotes: He who says patience, says courage, endurance, strength.

He who says patience, says courage, endurance, strength.

Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach quotes: The incurable ills are the imaginary ills.

The incurable ills are the imaginary ills.

Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach quotes: Runners are poor walkers.

Runners are poor walkers.

Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach quotes: So soon as a fashion is universal, it is out of date.

So soon as a fashion is universal, it is out of date.

Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach quotes: Never expect women to be sincere, so long as they are educated to think that their first aim in life is to please.

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 quotes: Imaginary evils are incurable.

Imaginary evils are incurable.

Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach quotes: However much you paid for a beautiful illusion, you got a bargain.

However much you paid for a beautiful illusion, you got a bargain.

Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach quotes: There are more truths in a good book than its author meant to put in it.

There are more truths in a good book than its author meant to put in it.

Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach quotes: Not every great man is a grand human being.

Not every great man is a grand human being.

Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach quotes: Those whom we support hold us up in life.

Those whom we support hold us up in life.

Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach quotes: Wit is an intermittent fountain; kindness is a perennial spring.

Wit is an intermittent fountain; kindness is a perennial spring.

Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach quotes: They understand but a little who understand only what can be explained.

They understand but a little who understand only what can be explained.

Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach quotes: One can acquire some virtues by feigning them for a long time.

One can acquire some virtues by feigning them for a long time.

Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach quotes: Even virtue is an art; and even its devotees are divided into those who practise it and those who are merely amateurs.

Even virtue is an art; and even its devotees are divided into those who practise it and those who are merely amateurs.

Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach quotes: None are so inconsiderate as those who demand nothing of life other than their own personal comfort.

None are so inconsiderate as those who demand nothing of life other than their own personal comfort.

Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach quotes: Pain is the great teacher of mankind. Beneath its breath souls develop.

Pain is the great teacher of mankind. Beneath its breath souls develop.

Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach quotes: Grace is the outcome of inward harmony.

Grace is the outcome of inward harmony.

Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach quotes: We don't believe in rheumatism and true love until after the first attack.

We don't believe in rheumatism and true love until after the first attack.

Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach quotes: Consider once before you give, twice before you receive, and a thousand times before you ask.

Consider once before you give, twice before you receive, and a thousand times before you ask.

Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach quotes: Pity is love in undress.

Pity is love in undress.

Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach quotes: We are valued wither too highly or not high enough; we are never taken at our real worth.

We are valued wither too highly or not high enough; we are never taken at our real worth.

Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach quotes: When two good men contend about principles, both are always right.

When two good men contend about principles, both are always right.

Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach quotes: A man with lofty ideas is an uncomfortable neighbor.

A man with lofty ideas is an uncomfortable neighbor.

Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach quotes: The moral code which was good enough for our fathers is not good enough for our children.

The moral code which was good enough for our fathers is not good enough for our children.

Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach quotes: N every exalted joy, there mingles a sense of gratitude.

N every exalted joy, there mingles a sense of gratitude.

Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach quotes: We usually learn to wait only when we have no longer anything to wait for.

We usually learn to wait only when we have no longer anything to wait for.

Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach quotes: We should always forgive. We should forgive the repentant for their sake, the unrepentant for our sake.

We should always forgive. We should forgive the repentant for their sake, the unrepentant for our sake.

Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach quotes: The simplest and most familiar truth seems new and wonderful the instant we ourselves experience it for the first time.

The simplest and most familiar truth seems new and wonderful the instant we ourselves experience it for the first time.

Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach quotes: Fools usually know best that which the wise despair of ever comprehending.

Fools usually know best that which the wise despair of ever comprehending.

Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach quotes: He who has trusted where he ought not will surely mistrust where he ought not.

He who has trusted where he ought not will surely mistrust where he ought not.

Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach quotes: If there is a believe that is capable to move mountains it is the believe in our own strength.

If there is a believe that is capable to move mountains it is the believe in our own strength.

Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach quotes: How happy are the pessimists! What joy is theirs when they have proved there is no joy.

How happy are the pessimists! What joy is theirs when they have proved there is no joy.

Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach quotes: We are so vain that we even care for the opinion of those we don't care for.

We are so vain that we even care for the opinion of those we don't care for.

Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach quotes: Exceptions are not always the proof of the old rule; they can also be the harbinger of a new one.

Exceptions are not always the proof of the old rule; they can also be the harbinger of a new one.

Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach quotes: Beware of the virtue which a man boasts is his.

Beware of the virtue which a man boasts is his.

Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach quotes: People more easily tolerate opposition than a contradiction

People more easily tolerate opposition than a contradiction

Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach quotes: We can be wise from goodness and good from wisdom.

We can be wise from goodness and good from wisdom.

Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach quotes: Hatred is a prolific vice; envy, a barren vice.

Hatred is a prolific vice; envy, a barren vice.

Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach quotes: As far as your self-control goes, as far goes your freedom.

As far as your self-control goes, as far goes your freedom.

Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach quotes: The mediocre always feel as if they're fighting for their lives when confronted by the excellent.

The mediocre always feel as if they're fighting for their lives when confronted by the excellent.

Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach quotes: I regret nothing, says arrogance; I will regret nothing, says inexperience.

I regret nothing, says arrogance; I will regret nothing, says inexperience.

Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach quotes: It's bad enough when married people bore one another, but it's much worse when only one of them bores the other.

It's bad enough when married people bore one another, but it's much worse when only one of them bores the other.

Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach quotes: Only the thinking man lives his life, the thoughtless man's life passes him by.

Only the thinking man lives his life, the thoughtless man's life passes him by.

Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach quotes: Believe flatterers and you're lost; believe your enemies and you despair.

Believe flatterers and you're lost; believe your enemies and you despair.

Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach quotes: Unattainable wishes are often "pious." This seems to indicate that only profane wishes are fulfilled.

Unattainable wishes are often "pious." This seems to indicate that only profane wishes are fulfilled.

Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach quotes: To be young is delightful; to be old is comfortable.

To be young is delightful; to be old is comfortable.

Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach quotes: Many a truth is the result of an error.

Many a truth is the result of an error.

Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach quotes: Nothing makes us more cowardly and unconscionable than the desire to be loved by everyone.

Nothing makes us more cowardly and unconscionable than the desire to be loved by everyone.

Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach quotes: One remains young as long as one can still learn, can still take on new habits, can bear contradictions.

One remains young as long as one can still learn, can still take on new habits, can bear contradictions.

Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach quotes: Those who cannot remember clearly their own childhood are poor educators.

Those who cannot remember clearly their own childhood are poor educators.

Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach quotes: Even a stopped clock is right twice every day. After some years, it can boast of a long series of successes.

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 quotes: Never strive, O artist, to create what you are not irresistibly impelled to create!

Never strive, O artist, to create what you are not irresistibly impelled to create!

Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach quotes: Consider well before you immerse yourself in solitude whether your own company will be good for you.

Consider well before you immerse yourself in solitude whether your own company will be good for you.

Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach quotes: You stay young as long as you can learn, acquire new habits, and suffer contradictions.

You stay young as long as you can learn, acquire new habits, and suffer contradictions.

Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach quotes: The understanding of some men is clear, that of others brilliant. The former illumines its surroundings; the latter obscures them.

The understanding of some men is clear, that of others brilliant. The former illumines its surroundings; the latter obscures them.

Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach quotes: Conquer, but never triumph.

Conquer, but never triumph.

Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach quotes: New happiness too must be learned to bear.

New happiness too must be learned to bear.

Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach quotes: Between being able to and actually doing something lies an ocean, and on its bottom rests all too often the wreck of willpower.

Between being able to and actually doing something lies an ocean, and on its bottom rests all too often the wreck of willpower.

Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach quotes: Parents forgive their children least readily for the faults they themselves instilled in them.

Parents forgive their children least readily for the faults they themselves instilled in them.

Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach quotes: An opinion may be controverted; a prejudice, never.

An opinion may be controverted; a prejudice, never.

Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach quotes: The manuscript in the drawer either rots or ripens.

The manuscript in the drawer either rots or ripens.