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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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Runners are poor walkers.
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When the time comes in which one could, the time has passed in which one can.
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As far as your self-control goes, as far goes your freedom.
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Indifference of every kind is reprehensible, even indifference towards one's self.
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He who says patience, says courage, endurance, strength.
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Old age transfigures or fossilizes.
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To be satisfied with little is hard, to be satisfied with a lot is impossible.
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Most imitators attempt the inimitable.
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Calmness is the graceful form of Confidence.
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We are not always even what we are most.
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We don't believe in rheumatism and true love until after the first attack.
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Grace is the outcome of inward harmony.
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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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Believe flatterers and you're lost believe your enemies and you despair.
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One can acquire some virtues by feigning them for a long time.
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Misanthropy is a suit of armor lined with thorns.
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The insignificant labor, the great create.
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It is unfortunate that superior talent and superior men are so seldom united.
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If there be a faith that can move mountains, it is faith in one's own power.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
An aphorism is the last link in a long chain of thought.
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