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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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An opinion may be controverted a prejudice, never.
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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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Many think they have a kind heart who have only weak nerves.
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To be satisfied with little is hard, to be satisfied with a lot is impossible.
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When the time comes in which one could, the time has passed in which one can.
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Conquer but never triumph.
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In youth we learn in age we understand.
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New happiness too must be learned to bear.
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Who doesn't know anything, has to believe everything.
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The manuscript in the drawer either rots or ripens.
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In this world, all power rests upon force.
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We can be wise from goodness and good from wisdom.
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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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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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The poor never estimate as a virtue the generosity of the rich.
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Believe flatterers and you're lost believe your enemies and you despair.
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If you have one good idea, people will lend you twenty.
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The believer who has never doubted will hardly convert a doubter.
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Passion is always suffering, even when gratified.
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To have and not to give is often worse than to steal.
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