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In youth we learn; in age we understand.

Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach Quotes

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

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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

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

Experience, Fate, Perceive

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

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

Beauty, Invisible, Us

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

Understand, Little, Only

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

Good, World, Evil

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

Conquer, Triumph

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

Know, Nobody, Too Much

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

Love, True Love, Believe

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

Good, Good People, People

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, Poverty, Wealth

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

Impossible, Content, Little

So soon as a fashion is universal, it is out of date.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

Fashion, Universal, Date

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, Good, People

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

Freedom, Loved, Never

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

Children, Parenting, Parents

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, Old, Always

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

Greatest, Enemy, Privilege

Imaginary evils are incurable. Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

Evils, Imaginary, Incurable

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

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

Game, Complain, Where

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