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We ask the poet: 'What subject have you chosen?' instead of: 'What subject has chosen you?

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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Whenever two good people argue over principles, they are both right.
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Even virtue is an art and even its devotees are divided into those who practise it and those who are merely amateurs.
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Unattainable wishes are often pious. This seems to indicate that only profane wishes are fulfilled.
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Passion is always suffering, even when gratified.
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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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Runners are poor walkers.
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Parents forgive their children least readily for the faults they themselves instilled in them.
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Many think they have a kind heart who have only weak nerves.
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How wise must one be to be always kind.
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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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If there be a faith that can move mountains, it is faith in one's own power.
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Conquer, but don't triumph.
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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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If you have one good idea, people will lend you twenty.
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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 insignificant labor, the great create.
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Not every great man is a grand human being.
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As far as your self-control goes, as far goes your freedom.
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It is unfortunate that superior talent and superior men are so seldom united.
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People's minds are trained largely at the expense of their hearts. This is not so it is only that there are more educable minds than there are educable hearts.
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