Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach Quotes

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

Learning, Age, Youth, Learn, Understand

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, True, First

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

Privilege, Enemy, Right, Greatest

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, Rich, Poverty, Wealth, Wishes, Poor

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

Beauty, Invisible, Us, Visible, Delights

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

Experience, Fate, How, Our, Perceive

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

New, Always, Old, Proof, Rule, Also

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

Understand, Only, Little, Explained, Who

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, Know, New, Gain, Old, Make

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

Opinion, Care, Vain, Even, Those

So soon as a fashion is universal, it is out of date.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

Fashion, Out, Universal, Soon, Date

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

Enough, Know, Nobody, Too Much, Many

Imaginary evils are incurable. Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

Incurable, Evils, Imaginary

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

Conquer, Triumph

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, You, Will, Idea

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

Good, People, Good People, Right, Over

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

Impossible, Hard, Content, Little, Much

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

Freedom, Loved, Will, Never, Hated, He

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, World, Name, Done, Never

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

Children, Parenting, Parents, Forgive

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, Where, Steal

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