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Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
Age: 86 †
Born: 1830
Born: January 1
Died: 1916
Died: January 1
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Conquer, but don't triumph.
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Nothing makes us more cowardly and unconscionable than the desire to be loved by everyone.
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There are very few honest friends--the demand is not particularly great.
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If you have one good idea, people will lend you twenty.
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Many think they have a kind heart who have only weak nerves.
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Parents forgive their children least readily for the faults they themselves instilled in them.
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As far as your self-control goes, as far goes your freedom.
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The insignificant labor, the great create.
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When two good men contend about principles, both are always right.
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Not what we experience, but how we perceive what we experience, determines our fate.
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We don't believe in rheumatism and true love until after the first attack.
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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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How wise must one be to be always kind.
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Blessed is trust, for it blesses both those who have it to give and those who receive it.
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The poor man wishes to conceal his poverty, and the rich man his wealth: the former fears lest he be despised, the latter lest he be plundered.
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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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The little bit of truth contained in many a lie is what makes them so terrible.
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The manuscript in the drawer either rots or ripens.
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Where would the power of women be, were it not for the vanity of men?
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Morals refine manners, as manners refine morals.
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