Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach Quotes and Quotations
We are so vain that we even care for the opinion of those we don't care for.
We can be wise from goodness and good from wisdom.
Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.
To have and not to give is often worse than to steal.
In meeting again after a separation, acquaintances ask after our outward life, friends after our inner life.
As far as your self-control goes, as far goes your freedom.
Conquer but never triumph.
In youth we learn; in age we understand.
If there be a faith that can move mountains, it is faith in one's own power.
Only the thinking man lives his life, the thoughtless man's life passes him by.
The incurable ills are the imaginary ills
Whenever two good people argue over principles, they are both right.
Nothing is so often irretrievably missed as a daily opportunity.
Do your duty until it becomes your joy.
Fear not those who argue but those who dodge.
We must prepare and study truth under every aspect, endeavoring to ignore nothing, if we do not wish to fall into the abyss of the unknown when the hour shall strike.
We don't believe in rheumatism and true love until after the first attack.
They understand but little who understand only what can be explained.
How happy are the pessimists! What joy is theirs when they have proved there is no joy.
In youth we learn; in age we understand.