Quotes from Aphorisms — Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
1830–1916 Austria
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That bad manners are so prevalent in the world is the fault of good manners.
It is unfortunate that a good talent and a good man seldom come together.
One has to do good in order for it to exist in the world.
Those who know nothing must believe everything.
Happy slaves are the bitterest enemies of freedom
The vain and weak see a judge in everyone; the proud and strong know no judge other than themselves.
Rational beings despise nothing so much as that magnanimity that they themselves feel incapable of.
It is a characteristic of the great that they demand far less of other people than of themselves.
Those who trusted at the wrong time and place will in turn mistrust at the wrong time and place.
Nothing is so often and so irrevocably missed as the opportunity which crops up daily.
Spurned pity can turn into cruelty just as spurned love turns into hate.
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