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Nothing is so often and so irrevocably missed as the opportunity which crops up daily.

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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To accept reason is impossible if you don't already possess 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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Many think they have a kind heart who have only weak nerves.
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The manuscript in the drawer either rots or ripens.
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Fools usually know best that which the wise despair of ever comprehending.
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If there is a believe that is capable to move mountains it is the believe in our own strength.
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When the time comes in which one could, the time has passed in which one can.
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Exceptions are not always the proof of the old rule they can also be the harbinger of a new one.
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Who doesn't know anything, has to believe everything.
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Morals refine manners, as manners refine morals.
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Parents forgive their children least readily for the faults they themselves instilled in them.
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Nothing is so irretrievably missed as an opportunity we encounter every day.
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