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Calmness is the graceful form of Confidence.
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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Pain is the great teacher of mankind. Beneath its breath souls develop.
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Misanthropy is a suit of armor lined with thorns.
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In youth we learn in age we understand.
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Wit is an intermittent fountain kindness is a perennial spring.
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It's bad enough when married people bore one another, but it's much worse when only one of them bores the other.
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To have and not to give is often worse than to steal.
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