Quotes by
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach |
1830-1916 , German author of maxims
She was a successful novelist and became famous for her excellent psychological novels. She is regarded as one of the most important German-language writers of the 19th century.Today she is best known for her aphorisms that were published in books and magazines.
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Quotations
| • | Little evil would be done in the world if evil never could be done in the name of good. 8 |
| • | The more you love yourself, the more you become your greatest enemy. 5 |
| • | Be the master of your will and the slave of your conscience. 5 |
| • | There is only one proof of ability: action. 4 |
| • | Doubts can make you a philosopher, but only faith can make you an apostle. 4 |
| • | What would happen to the power of women if it were not for the vanity of men? 3 |
| • | Happy slaves are the bitterest enemies of freedom. |
| • | Many think they have a kind heart, while they just have a weak will. |
| • | An intelligent woman has millions of born enemies: all the stupid men. |
| • | Do not consider yourself deprived because your dreams were not fulfilled; the truly deprived have never dreamed. |
| • | You stay young as long as you can learn, acquire new habits, and suffer contradictions. |
| • | He who has trusted where he ought not will surely mistrust where he ought not. |
| • | Genius points the way, talent takes it. |
| • | We usually learn to wait only when we have no longer anything to wait for. |
| • | We are so vain that we even care for the opinion of those we don’t care for. |
| • | I regret nothing, says arrogance; I will regret nothing, says inexperience. |
| • | An aphorism is the last link in a long chain of thought. |
| • | Be the first to say something obvious and achieve immortality. |
| • | Nowadays people are born to find fault. When they look at Achilles, they see only his heel. |
| • | Chance is necessity hidden behind a veil. |
| • | If there is a faith which can move mountains, then it is a faith in one’s own strength. |
| • | People who read only the classics are sure to remain up-to-date. |
| • | It is not those who argue who are to be feared, but those who evade argument. |
| • | There are very few honest friends—the demand is not particularly great. |
| • | Public opinion is the whore among opinions. |
