Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach Quotes

In youth we learn; in age we understand.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

Learning, Age, Understand

We don't believe in rheumatism and true love until after the first attack.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

Valentine's Day, Love, True

Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

Twice, Clock, Stopped

Little evil would be done in the world if evil never could be done in the name of good.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

Good, Evil, Done

We are so vain that we even care for the opinion of those we don't care for.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

Care, Opinion, Vain

Not what we experience, but how we perceive what we experience, determines our fate.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

Experience, Fate, Perceive

Parents forgive their children least readily for the faults they themselves instilled in them.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

Children, Parents, Forgive

Conquer, but don't triumph.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

Conquer, Triumph

He who believes in freedom of the will has never loved and never hated.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

Freedom, Loved, Believes

Authors from whom others steal should not complain, but rejoice. Where there is no game there are no poachers.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

Game, Others, Complain

Exceptions are not always the proof of the old rule; they can also be the harbinger of a new one.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

Old, Rule, Proof

Imaginary evils are incurable.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

Evils, Imaginary, Incurable

Nobody knows enough, but many know too much.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

Enough, Knows, Nobody

So soon as a fashion is universal, it is out of date.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

Fashion, Soon, Universal

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

Rich, Poor, Poverty

What delights us in visible beauty is the invisible.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

Beauty, Invisible, Visible

Whenever two good people argue over principles, they are both right.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

Good, Two, Both

If you have one good idea, people will lend you twenty.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

Good, Idea, Twenty

None are so eager to gain new experience as those who don't know how to make use of the old ones.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

Experience, Old, Gain

Privilege is the greatest enemy of right.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

Enemy, Greatest, Privilege

Those who understand only what can be explained understand very little.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

Understand, Explained

To be content with little is hard; to be content with much, impossible.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

Hard, Impossible, Content

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Biography

Nationality: Austrian

Born: September 13, 1830

Died: March 12, 1916

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