Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach quotes

Only those few people who practice it believe in goodness. (Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach)
Little evil would be done in the world if evil never could be done in the name of good.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
Imaginary evils are incurable.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
In youth we learn; in age we understand.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
Nothing is so often and so irrevocably missed as the opportunity which crops up daily.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
An intelligent woman has millions of born enemies... all the stupid men.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
We don't believe in rheumatism and true love until after the first attack.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
An aphorism is the last link in a long chain of thought.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
Nowadays people are born to find fault. When they look at Achilles, they see only his heel.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
Those who know nothing must believe everything.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
If there is a faith which can move mountains, then it is a faith in one's own strength. (Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach)
Fear not those who argue but those who dodge.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
He who believes in freedom of the will has never loved and never hated.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
We should always forgive. We should forgive the repentant for their sake, the unrepentant for our sake.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
The vain and weak see a judge in everyone; the proud and strong know no judge other than themselves.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
When your absolutely only choice is between an untruth and rudeness, then choose rudeness; if, however, your choice is between an untruth and cruelty, then choose untruth.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
Genius points the way, talent takes it.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
People more easily tolerate opposition than a contradiction.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
Whenever two good people argue over principles, they are both right.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
Nobody knows enough, but many know too much.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
Silly people say stupid things, clever people do them. (Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach)
To have and not to give is often worse than to steal.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
The greatest enemy of justice is privilege.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
What delights us in visible beauty is the invisible.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
Those who understand only what can be explained understand very little.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach