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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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Those who know nothing must believe everything.
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n every exalted joy, there mingles a sense of gratitude.
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Not what we experience, but how we perceive what we experience, determines our fate.
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