Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach Quotes - Page 5

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• Many a truth is the result of an error.

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  Truth, Errors, Truth Is

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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.

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  Firsts, Immortality, Achieve

  Aphorisms (1905)

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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?

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  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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• 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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• Most imitators attempt the inimitable.

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  Imitation, Imitator

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• Blessed is trust, for it blesses both those who have it to give and those who receive it.

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  Blessed, Giving, Bless

  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.

  Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

  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.

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  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.

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  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.

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  Games, Complaining, Poachers

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• Conquer, but don't triumph.

  Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

  Success, Triumph, Conquer

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• Indifference of every kind is reprehensible, even indifference towards one's self.

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  Self, Kind, Indifference

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

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• There are very few honest friends--the demand is not particularly great.

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  Friendship, Demand, Honest

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

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• Misanthropy is a suit of armor lined with thorns.

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  Suits Of Armor, Thorns, Misanthropy

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

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• Consider well before you immerse yourself in solitude whether your own company will be good for you.

  Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

  Solitude, Be Good, Wells

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

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• Not every great man is a grand human being.

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  Men, Great Men, Humans

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• The insignificant labor, the great create.

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  Work, Labor, Insignificant

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

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• To be content with little is difficult; to be content with much, impossible.

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  Balance, Littles, Impossible

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• When art find no temple open, it takes refuge in the workshop.

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  Art, Temples, Workshops

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• Accident is veiled necessity.

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  Accidents

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