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People's minds are trained largely at the expense of their hearts. This is not so it is only that there are more educable minds than there are educable hearts.

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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