Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach quotes - page 2

Parents forgive their children least readily for the faults they themselves instilled in them. (Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach)
Privilege is the greatest enemy of right. View quote
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Conquer, but don't triumph. View quote
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It is difficult to see the person who admires us as stupid. View quote
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Passion is always suffering, even when gratified. View quote
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You stay young as long as you can learn, acquire new habits, and suffer contradictions. View quote
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They understand but a little who understand only what can be explained. View quote
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Many priceless things can be bought. View quote
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How happy are the pessimists! What joy is theirs when they have proved there is no joy. View quote
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The believer who has never doubted will hardly convert a doubter. View quote
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We are valued wither too highly or not high enough; we are never taken at our real worth. (Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach)
Not what we experience, but how we perceive what we experience, determines our fate. View quote
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Do not consider yourself deprived because your dreams were not fulfilled; the truly deprived have never dreamed. View quote
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Nothing makes us more cowardly and unconscionable than the desire to be loved by everyone. View quote
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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. View quote
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If you have one good idea, people will lend you twenty. View quote
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One of the main goals of self-education is to eradicate that vanity in us without which we would never have been educated. View quote
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People who chase after ever greater wealth without taking the time to enjoy it are like hungry people who are forever cooking but never sit down to eat. View quote
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Enthusiasm does not always speak for those who arouse it, but always for those who experience it. View quote
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That bad manners are so prevalent in the world is the fault of good manners. View quote
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However much you paid for a beautiful illusion, you got a bargain. (Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach)
The moral code which was good enough for our fathers is not good enough for our children. View quote
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None are so inconsiderate as those who demand nothing of life other than their own personal comfort. View quote
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Happy slaves are the bitterest enemies of freedom. View quote
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The world belongs to those who possess it, and is scorned by those to whom it should belong. View quote
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