Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach Quotes

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• Happy slaves are the bitterest enemies of freedom.

  Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

  Enemy, Slave

  "Aphorisms". Book by Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, 1880-1893.

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• Even a stopped clock is right twice every day. After some years, it can boast of a long series of successes.

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  Inspirational, Funny, Years

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• Many think they have a kind heart who have only weak nerves.

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  Heart, Thinking, Nerves

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• Not what we experience, but how we perceive what we experience, determines our fate.

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  Fate, Determine, Perceive

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• We should always forgive. We should forgive the repentant for their sake, the unrepentant for our sake.

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  Forgiving, Sake, Should

  Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (1994). “Aphorisms”, Ariadne Press (CA)

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• There is only one proof of ability - action.

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  Action, Proof, Ability

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• You stay young as long as you can learn, acquire new habits, and suffer contradictions.

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  Long, Suffering, Youth

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• Have patience with the quarrelsomeness of the stupid. It is not easy to comprehend that one does not comprehend.

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  Stupid, Doe, Easy

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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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  Names, Evil, Community

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• Nothing makes us more cowardly and unconscionable than the desire to be loved by everyone.

  Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

  Desire, Cowardly

  Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (1994). “Aphorisms”, Ariadne Press (CA)

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• When the time comes in which one could, the time has passed in which one can.

  Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

  Inspirational, Life Opportunity

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• When curiosity turns to serious matters, it's called research.

  Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

  Curiosity, Research, Matter

  Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (1994). “Aphorisms”, Ariadne Press (CA)

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• An intelligent woman has millions of born enemies... all the stupid men.

  Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

  Stupid, Intelligent, Men

  Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (1994). “Aphorisms”, Ariadne Press (CA)

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• Do not consider yourself deprived because your dreams were not fulfilled; the truly deprived have never dreamed.

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  Dream, Fulfilled, Your Dreams

  Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (1994). “Aphorisms”, Ariadne Press (CA)

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• He who has trusted where he ought not will surely mistrust where he ought not.

  Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

  Trust, Ethics, Ought

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• Those who cannot remember clearly their own childhood are poor educators.

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  Childhood, Remember, Poor

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• If there is a believe that is capable to move mountains it is the believe in our own strength.

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  Believe, Moving, Mountain

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• In youth we learn; in age we understand.

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  Life, Happy Birthday, Wisdom

  "Aphorisms". Book by Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, 1893.

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• Many think that when they have confessed a fault there is no need of correcting it.

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  Thinking, Needs, Faults

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• As far as your self-control goes, as far goes your freedom.

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  Self, Self Control, Your Freedom

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• Beware of the virtue which a man boasts is his.

  Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

  Men, Virtue, Boast

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• Since the well-known victory over the hare by the tortoise, the descendants of the tortoise think themselves miracles of speed.

  Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

  Time, Thinking, Vanity

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• Generosity, to be perfect, should always be accompanied by a dash of humor.

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  Generosity, Perfect, Should

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• Between being able to and actually doing something lies an ocean, and on its bottom rests all too often the wreck of willpower.

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  Lying, Ocean, Wrecks

  Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (1994). “Aphorisms”, Ariadne Press (CA)

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• The poor man wishes to conceal his poverty, and the rich man his wealth: the former fears lest he be despised, the latter lest he be plundered.

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  Men, Wish, Poverty

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