Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach Quotes - Page 4

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• The wise man is seldom prudent.

  Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

  Wise, Wisdom, Men

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• Oh happy pessimists! What a joy it is to them to be able to prove again and again that there is no joy.

  Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

  Joy, Able, Pessimist

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

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• He who believes in freedom of the will has never loved and never hated.

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  Hate, Believe, Hated

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• People more easily tolerate opposition than a contradiction

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  Clever, People, Contradiction

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• No one is so eager to gain new experiences as he who doesn't know how to make use of the old ones.

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  New Experiences, Use, Gains

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• Only those few people who practice it believe in goodness.

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  Believe, Practice, People

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

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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.

  Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

  Vanity, Self, Goal

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

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• Without imagination, there is no goodness, no wisdom.

  Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

  Imagination, Goodness

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• Genius points the way, talent takes it.

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  Genius, Way, Talent

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

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• We are valued wither too highly or not high enough; we are never taken at our real worth.

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  Real, Taken, Enough

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• Those whom we support hold us up in life.

  Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

  Support

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• We are so vain that we even care for the opinion of those we don't care for.

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  Life, Women, Conceited

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• The greatest enemy of justice is privilege.

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  Justice, Enemy, Privilege

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

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• Nobody knows enough, but many know too much.

  Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

  Knowledge, Too Much, Enough

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• One has to do good in order for it to exist in the world.

  Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

  Order, World

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

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• The understanding of some men is clear, that of others brilliant. The former illumines its surroundings; the latter obscures them.

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  Men, Understanding, Brilliant

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• Who doesn't know anything, has to believe everything.

  Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

  Believe, Knows

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• You can sink so fast that you think you are flying.

  Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

  Thinking, Flying

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

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• An opinion may be controverted; a prejudice, never.

  Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

  Prejudice, May, Opinion

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• n every exalted joy, there mingles a sense of gratitude.

  Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

  Gratitude, Joy, Exalted

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• Wit is an intermittent fountain; kindness is a perennial spring.

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  Kindness, Spring, Fountain

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• Pity is love in undress.

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  Love, Pity

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• Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.

  Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

  Morning, Funny Motivational, Clock

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• Kindness which is not inexhaustible does not deserve the name.

  Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

  Kindness, Names, Doe

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• We are not always even what we are most.

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