Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach quotes - page 4

It is unfortunate that a good talent and a good man seldom come together. (Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach)
The sacrifice which is seemingly most unnecessary and most foolish is still nearer to absolute wisdom than the cleverest action of so-called legitimate egocentricity. View quote
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Whoever shows both charm and pleasure in explaining to people things that they already know soon gets a reputation as an intelligent individual. View quote
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The world would be in better shape if people would take the same pains in the practice of the simplest moral laws as they exert in intellectualizing over the most subtle moral questions. View quote
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Spurned pity can turn into cruelty just as spurned love turns into hate. View quote
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Indifference and contempt will always be able to take on an aura of intellectual superiority over sympathy and love for others. View quote
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Authors from whom others steal should not complain, but rejoice. Where there is no game there are no poachers. View quote
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So soon as a fashion is universal, it is out of date. View quote
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Exceptions are not always the proof of the old rule; they can also be the harbinger of a new one. View quote
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The wiser head gives in! An immortal phrase. It founds the world dominion of stupidity. View quote
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Chance is necessity hidden behind a veil. (Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach)
Be patient with the belligerence of the simple-minded. It is not easy to understand that one doesn't understand. View quote
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The simplest and commonest truth seems new and miraculous the very moment we first experience it in ourselves. View quote
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Rational beings despise nothing so much as that magnanimity that they themselves feel incapable of. View quote
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As an artist, you should not wish to create what you don't feel you have to create. View quote
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People who read only the classics are sure to remain up-to-date. View quote
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If art finds the temple closed, then it flees into the workshop. View quote
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Wishes which cannot be fulfilled are said to be "pious.” It is assumed, apparently, that only profane wishes are fulfilled. View quote
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If you walk down a well-trodden path long enough, you eventually end up alone. View quote
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An understanding of beauty and enthusiasm for it are one and the same. View quote
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Two very different virtues can attack one another long and viciously. But the time will come when they recognize that they are sisters. (Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach)
It is a characteristic of the great that they demand far less of other people than of themselves. View quote
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An apparent contradiction of a natural law is only the rarely occurring proof of another natural law. View quote
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What do people like to call stupid the most? Something sensible that they can't understand. View quote
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Commonly understood, that is to say: understood by common people, and beyond that it not seldom also means: unpalatable to the un-common people. View quote
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