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Nobody knows enough, but many know too much.

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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In this world, all power rests upon force.
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There are women who love their husbands as blindly, as enthusiastically, and as enigmatically as nuns their cloister.
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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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Privilege is the greatest enemy of right.
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The believer who has never doubted will hardly convert a doubter.
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To be young is delightful to be old is comfortable.
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We are not always even what we are most.
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Nothing makes us more cowardly and unconscionable than the desire to be loved by everyone.
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n every exalted joy, there mingles a sense of gratitude.
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An opinion may be controverted a prejudice, never.
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Morals refine manners, as manners refine morals.
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Conquer but never triumph.
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Since the well-known victory over the hare by the tortoise, the descendants of the tortoise think themselves miracles of speed.
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Many think they have a kind heart who have only weak nerves.
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An aphorism is the last link in a long chain of thought.
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The understanding of some men is clear, that of others brilliant. The former illumines its surroundings the latter obscures them.
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Consider well before you immerse yourself in solitude whether your own company will be good for you.
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Calmness is the graceful form of Confidence.
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