Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, 1830 - 1916
Born: 13 September 1830, Zdislavice, Moravia, Austro-Hungarian Empire
Died: 12 March 1916, Vienna, Austro-Hungarian Empire
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- A defeat borne with pride is also a victory. permalink
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach - Aphorisms (1880, 1890, 1905) - A poor, charitable person can sometimes feel rich, a miserly Croesus never. permalink
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach - Aphorisms (1880, 1890, 1905) - An aphorism is the last link in a long chain of thought. permalink
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach - Aphorisms (1880, 1890, 1905) - An apparent contradiction of a natural law is only the rarely occurring proof of another natural law. permalink
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach - Aphorisms (1880, 1890, 1905) - An understanding of beauty and enthusiasm for it are one and the same. permalink
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach - Aphorisms (1880, 1890, 1905) - As an artist, you should not wish to create what you don't feel you have to create. permalink
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach - Aphorisms (1880, 1890, 1905) - Authors from whom others steal should not complain, but rejoice. Where there is no game there are no poachers. permalink
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach - Be patient with the belligerence of the simple-minded. It is not easy to understand that one doesn't understand. permalink
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach - Aphorisms (1880, 1890, 1905) - Be the first to say something obvious and achieve immortality. permalink
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach - Aphorisms (1880, 1890, 1905) - Believe flatterers and you're lost; believe your enemies — and you despair. permalink
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach - Aphorisms (1880, 1890, 1905) - Blessed is trust, for it blesses both those who have it to give and those who receive it. permalink
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach - Aphorisms (1880, 1890, 1905) - Chance is necessity hidden behind a veil. permalink
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach - Aphorisms (1880, 1890, 1905) - Commonly understood, that is to say: understood by common people, and beyond that it not seldom also means: unpalatable to the un-common people. permalink
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach - Aphorisms (1880, 1890, 1905) - Consider well before you immerse yourself in solitude whether your own company will be good for you. permalink
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach - Aphorisms (1880, 1890, 1905) - Dealing with egotists is so corrupting because we gradually fall into their mistakes out of self-defense. permalink
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach - Aphorisms (1880, 1890, 1905)
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