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, Learn, Understand

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

How, Fate, Determines

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

Conceal, Wealth, Despised

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

Over, Whenever, Principles

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

Beauty, Delights, Visible

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

Impossible, Hard, Content

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

Eager, New, Use

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

Very, Understand, Only

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

Even, Vain, Those

So soon as a fashion is universal, it is out of date.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

Date, Universal, Soon

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

Always, New, Old

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

Enemy, Privilege, Right

Imaginary evils are incurable. Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

Incurable, Imaginary, Evils

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

Triumph, Conquer

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

Love, Attack, True

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

Too, Know, Enough

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

Business, Will, Idea

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

Never, Believes, Freedom

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

Never, World, Would

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

Children, Parenting, Readily

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

Game, Steal, Whom

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