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An aphorism is the last link in a long chain of thought.
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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The moral code which was good enough for our fathers is not good enough for our children.
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Morals refine manners, as manners refine morals.
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Most imitators attempt the inimitable.
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Nothing makes us more cowardly and unconscionable than the desire to be loved by everyone.
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Conquer but never triumph.
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To have and not to give is often worse than to steal.
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Pain is the great teacher of mankind. Beneath its breath souls develop.
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One remains young as long as one can still learn, can still take on new habits, can bear contradictions.
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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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Where would the power of women be, were it not for the vanity of men?
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Fools usually know best that which the wise despair of ever comprehending.
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When two good men contend about principles, both are always right.
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Grace is the outcome of inward harmony.
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We ask the poet: 'What subject have you chosen?' instead of: 'What subject has chosen you?
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So soon as a fashion is universal, it is out of date.
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An opinion may be controverted a prejudice, never.
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Passion is always suffering, even when gratified.
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Old age transfigures or fossilizes.
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We don't believe in rheumatism and true love until after the first attack.
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