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Who doesn't know anything, has to believe everything.

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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Accident is veiled necessity.
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Unattainable wishes are often pious. This seems to indicate that only profane wishes are fulfilled.
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Be the first to say something obvious and achieve immortality.
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Where would the power of women be, were it not for the vanity of men?
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We don't believe in rheumatism and true love until after the first attack.
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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.
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n every exalted joy, there mingles a sense of gratitude.
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Not every great man is a grand human being.
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Distrust your judgment the moment you can discern the shadow of a personal motive in it.
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Even virtue is an art and even its devotees are divided into those who practise it and those who are merely amateurs.
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