Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach Quotes - Page 4

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

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  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.

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  Believe, Knows

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

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  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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• 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.

  Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

  Love, Pity

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

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  Gratitude, Joy, Exalted

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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.

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  Kindness, Names, Doe

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• One can acquire some virtues by feigning them for a long time.

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  Long, Virtue, Imitation

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

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• Be the first to say something obvious and achieve immortality.

  Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

  Firsts, Immortality, Achieve

  Aphorisms (1905)

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• We are not always even what we are most.

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• Morals refine manners, as manners refine morals.

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  Morality, Moral, Manners

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• A book cannot easily be too bad for the general public, but may easily be too good.

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  Book, May, Good Book

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• To be young is delightful; to be old is comfortable.

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  Youth, Young, Delightful

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• We ask the poet: 'What subject have you chosen?' instead of: 'What subject has chosen you?

  Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

  Poet, Chosen, Subjects

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• Nothing is so irretrievably missed as an opportunity we encounter every day.

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  Opportunity, Encounters

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• Most imitators attempt the inimitable.

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  Imitation, Imitator

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• A defeat borne with pride is also a victory.

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  Pride, Victory, Defeat

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

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• The moral code which was good enough for our fathers is not good enough for our children.

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  Children, Father, Not Good Enough

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

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• Nowadays people are born to find fault. When they look at Achilles, they see only his heel.

  Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

  People, Looks, Faults

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

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• All that is due to us will be paid, although not perhaps by those to whom we have lent.

  Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

  Debt, Dues, Paid

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• Authors from whom others steal should not complain, but rejoice. Where there is no game there are no poachers.

  Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

  Games, Complaining, Poachers

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