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Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

1830-1916 ,  German author of maxims
Marie von Ebner-EschenbachShe 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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Little evil would be done in the world if evil never could be done in the name of good.

The more you love yourself, the more you become your greatest enemy.

Be the master of your will and the slave of your conscience.

There is only one proof of ability: action.

Doubts can make you a philosopher, but only faith can make you an apostle.

What would happen to the power of women if it were not for the vanity of men?

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.


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