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Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
Age: 86 †
Born: 1830
Born: January 1
Died: 1916
Died: January 1
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Accident is veiled necessity.
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So soon as a fashion is universal, it is out of date.
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Fools usually know best that which the wise despair of ever comprehending.
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In this world, all power rests upon force.
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The believer who has never doubted will hardly convert a doubter.
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Nothing makes us more cowardly and unconscionable than the desire to be loved by everyone.
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To be satisfied with little is hard, to be satisfied with a lot is impossible.
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We are not always even what we are most.
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Nobody knows enough, but many know too much.
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However much you paid for a beautiful illusion, you got a bargain.
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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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If there be a faith that can move mountains, it is faith in one's own power.
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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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Do not consider yourself deprived because your dreams were not fulfilled the truly deprived have never dreamed.
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The sympathy of most people consists of a mixture of good-humour, curiosity, and self-importance.
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Unattainable wishes are often pious. This seems to indicate that only profane wishes are fulfilled.
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Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.
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Those who cannot remember clearly their own childhood are poor educators.
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You can sink so fast that you think you are flying.
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How happy are the pessimists! What joy is theirs when they have proved there is no joy.
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