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An opinion may be controverted a prejudice, never.

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 youth we learn in age we understand.
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Authors from whom others steal should not complain, but rejoice. Where there is no game there are no poachers.
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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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Nothing is less promising than precocity. A young thistle is more like a future tree than is a young oak.
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It is unfortunate that superior talent and superior men are so seldom united.
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Indifference of every kind is reprehensible, even indifference towards one's self.
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Imaginary evils are incurable.
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Little evil would be done in the world if evil never could be done in the name of good.
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Fools usually know best that which the wise despair of ever comprehending.
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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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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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Most imitators attempt the inimitable.
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Generosity, to be perfect, should always be accompanied by a dash of humor.
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He who says patience, says courage, endurance, strength.
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Not every great man is a grand human being.
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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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When two good men contend about principles, both are always right.
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The moral code which was good enough for our fathers is not good enough for our children.
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