Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach Quotes - BrainyQuote

Austrian - Novelist September 13, 1830 - March 12, 1916

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

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

Age Learning Youth

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

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

Beauty Invisible Us

So soon as a fashion is universal, it is out of date.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

Fashion Universal Date

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

Freedom Will Never

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

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

Impossible Hard Content

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

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

Care Opinion don't Care

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

Good Good People People

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

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

Good Business People

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

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

Love True Love Believe

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 New Know

Imaginary evils are incurable. Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

Evils Imaginary Incurable

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

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

Parenting Parents Children

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

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

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

Understand Explained Who

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

Man Wealth Rich

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

Enemy Right Privilege

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

Experience Fate How

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

Nobody Know Enough

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 Where

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

Good Done World

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

Conquer Triumph

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