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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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The believer who has never doubted will hardly convert a doubter.
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Grace is the outcome of inward harmony.
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Where would the power of women be, were it not for the vanity of men?
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When the time comes in which one could, the time has passed in which one can.
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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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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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One remains young as long as one can still learn, can still take on new habits, can bear contradictions.
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Conquer, but don't triumph.
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Generosity, to be perfect, should always be accompanied by a dash of humor.
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We can be wise from goodness and good from wisdom.
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Whenever two good people argue over principles, they are both right.
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When two good men contend about principles, both are always right.
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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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Those who cannot remember clearly their own childhood are poor educators.
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Pain is the great teacher of mankind. Beneath its breath souls develop.
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n every exalted joy, there mingles a sense of gratitude.
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Do not consider yourself deprived because your dreams were not fulfilled the truly deprived have never dreamed.
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The poor never estimate as a virtue the generosity of the rich.
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Nobody knows enough, but many know too much.
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