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Morals refine manners, as manners refine morals.

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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Generosity, to be perfect, should always be accompanied by a dash of humor.
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Enthusiasm does not always speak for those who arouse it, but always for those who experience it.
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How wise must one be to be always kind.
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Pain is the great teacher of mankind. Beneath its breath souls develop.
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Origins are of the greatest importance. We are almost reconciled to having a cold when we remember where we caught it.
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So soon as a fashion is universal, it is out of date.
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However much you paid for a beautiful illusion, you got a bargain.
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Who doesn't know anything, has to believe everything.
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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 makes us more cowardly and unconscionable than the desire to be loved by everyone.
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