Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach quotes - page 5

Spoiled children ... already get to know in early years the sufferings of the tyrant. (Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach)
The intellect and the heart are on good terms with one another. One often represents the other so perfectly, that it is hard to determine which of the two was at work.
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Dealing with egotists is so corrupting because we gradually fall into their mistakes out of self-defense.
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The scale we measure things by is the measure of our own mind.
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Dilettantes have not achieved anything lasting even in the applied arts. But they have rendered some service to the highest of all disciplines: philosophy. Montaigne, La Rochefoucauld, Vauvenargues are proof of this.
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The greatest leveler is politeness; it removes all class distinctions.
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Like body and soul theory and practice are one, and like body and soul they are for the most part at loggerheads.
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One should be selfish enough to be selfless up to a certain point.
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Prejudice supports thrones, ignorance altars.
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In misfortune we usually regain the peace that we were robbed of through fear of that very misfortune.
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Hate only injustice and not those who commit it. (Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach)
Consider once before you give, twice before you receive, and a thousand times before you ask.
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To be young is delightful; to be old is comfortable.
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There are more truths in a good book than its author meant to put in it.
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To be content with little is hard; to be content with much, impossible.
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None are so eager to gain new experience as those who don't know how to make use of the old ones.
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Believe flatterers and you're lost; believe your enemies-and you despair.
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Those whom we support hold us up in life.
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Even a stopped clock is right twice every day. After some years, it can boast of a long series of successes.
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Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.
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Many a truth sprang from an error. (Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach)
Public opinion is the whore among opinions.
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