Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach Quotes - Page 3

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• Distrust your judgment the moment you can discern the shadow of a personal motive in it.

  Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

  Shadow, Judgment, Moments

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

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• We can be wise from goodness and good from wisdom.

  Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

  Wise, Wisdom, Goodness

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• None are so inconsiderate as those who demand nothing of life other than their own personal comfort.

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  Comfort, Demand, Inconsiderate

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

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• There is something so beautiful in trust that even the most hardened liar need feel a certain respect for those who confide in him.

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  Trust, Beautiful, Liars

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• Calmness is the graceful form of Confidence.

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  Form, Calmness

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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.

  Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

  Heart, People, Mind

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• One remains young as long as one can still learn, can still take on new habits, can bear contradictions.

  Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

  Long, Bears, Habit

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• No one is so eager to gain new experiences as he who doesn't know how to make use of the old ones.

  Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

  New Experiences, Use, Gains

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• Age either transfigures or petrifies.

  Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

  Age

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• Pain is the great teacher of mankind. Beneath its breath souls develop.

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  Teacher, Pain, Soul

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• I regret nothing, says arrogance; I will regret nothing, says inexperience.

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  Regret, Arrogance, Inexperience

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

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• The simplest and most familiar truth seems new and wonderful the instant we ourselves experience it for the first time.

  Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

  Truth, Experience, Firsts

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• Those whom we support hold us up in life.

  Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

  Support

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• The wise man is seldom prudent.

  Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

  Wise, Wisdom, Men

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• Only those few people who practice it believe in goodness.

  Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

  Believe, Practice, People

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

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• In meeting again after a separation, acquaintances ask after our outward life, friends after our inner life.

  Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

  Friendship, Separation, Acquaintance

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• One of the main goals of self-education is to eradicate that vanity in us without which we would never have been educated.

  Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

  Vanity, Self, Goal

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

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• Without imagination, there is no goodness, no wisdom.

  Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

  Imagination, Goodness

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• He who believes in freedom of the will has never loved and never hated.

  Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

  Hate, Believe, Hated

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• We are so vain that we even care for the opinion of those we don't care for.

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  Life, Women, Conceited

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• The greatest enemy of justice is privilege.

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  Justice, Enemy, Privilege

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

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• Genius points the way, talent takes it.

  Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

  Genius, Way, Talent

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

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• The understanding of some men is clear, that of others brilliant. The former illumines its surroundings; the latter obscures them.

  Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

  Men, Understanding, Brilliant

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• One has to do good in order for it to exist in the world.

  Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

  Order, World

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

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• You can sink so fast that you think you are flying.

  Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

  Thinking, Flying

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

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