Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach Quotes - Page 2

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• 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

  Men, Wish, Poverty

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• Grace is the outcome of inward harmony.

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  Grace, Inward, Outcomes

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• Old age transfigures or fossilizes.

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  Age, Aging, Old Age

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• Deep learning doesn't shine.

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  Shining, Deep Learning

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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.

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  Moving, Intellectual, Comfort

  Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (1994). “Aphorisms”, Ariadne Press (CA)

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

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  World, Should, Scorned

  Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (1994). “Aphorisms”, Ariadne Press (CA)

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• Never expect women to be sincere, so long as they are educated to think that their first aim in life is to please.

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  Women, Thinking, Long

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• To be satisfied with little is hard, to be satisfied with a lot is impossible.

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  Littles, Impossible, Satisfied

  Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (1994). “Aphorisms”, Ariadne Press (CA)

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• Those who know nothing must believe everything.

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  Believe, Knowledge, Knows

  "Aphorisms". Book by Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, 1893.

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

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  Hate, Envy, Hatred

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

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  Childhood, Remember, Poor

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• Since the well-known victory over the hare by the tortoise, the descendants of the tortoise think themselves miracles of speed.

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  Time, Thinking, Vanity

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

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  Lying, Ocean, Wrecks

  Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (1994). “Aphorisms”, Ariadne Press (CA)

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

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  Learning, Men, Thinking

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

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  Understanding, Littles

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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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  Inspirational, Funny, Years

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• One thought cannot awake without awakening others.

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  Awakening, Awake

  "Aphorisms". Book by Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, 1880-1893.

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

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  Patience, Waiting

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

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  Book, Good Book

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• Nothing is so often and so irrevocably missed as the opportunity which crops up daily.

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  Opportunity, Crops

  Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (1994). “Aphorisms”, Ariadne Press (CA)

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• Beware of the virtue which a man boasts is his.

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  Men, Virtue, Boast

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• If you have one good idea, people will lend you twenty.

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  Ideas, People, Twenties

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• Distrust your judgment the moment you can discern the shadow of a personal motive in it.

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  Shadow, Judgment, Moments

  Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (1994). “Aphorisms”, Ariadne Press (CA)

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• Passion is always suffering, even when gratified.

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  Passion, Suffering

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• We can be wise from goodness and good from wisdom.

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  Wise, Wisdom, Goodness

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