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In youth we learn in age we understand.

Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

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Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
Age: 86 †
Born: 1830
Born: January 1
Died: 1916
Died: January 1
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n every exalted joy, there mingles a sense of gratitude.
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One can acquire some virtues by feigning them for a long time.
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Unattainable wishes are often pious. This seems to indicate that only profane wishes are fulfilled.
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He who believes in freedom of the will has never loved and never hated.
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You can sink so fast that you think you are flying.
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Consider well before you immerse yourself in solitude whether your own company will be good for you.
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Conquer, but don't triumph.
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It is unfortunate that superior talent and superior men are so seldom united.
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Where would the power of women be, were it not for the vanity of men?
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We should always forgive. We should forgive the repentant for their sake, the unrepentant for our sake.
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The simplest and most familiar truth seems new and wonderful the instant we ourselves experience it for the first time.
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Whenever two good people argue over principles, they are both right.
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To have and not to give is often worse than to steal.
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The poor never estimate as a virtue the generosity of the rich.
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If there be a faith that can move mountains, it is faith in one's own power.
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