Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach Quotes
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No one ever accomplished the ordinary who did not attempt the extraordinary.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
Indifference of every kind is reprehensible, even indifference towards one's self.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
Only the thinking man lives his life, the thoughtless man's life passes him by.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
Nothing is so often and so irrevocably missed as the opportunity which crops up daily.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
In misfortune we usually regain the peace that we were robbed of through fear of that very misfortune.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
None are so inconsiderate as those who demand nothing of life other than their own personal comfort.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
A poor, charitable person can sometimes feel rich, a miserly Croesus never.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
He who has trusted where he ought not will surely mistrust where he ought not.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach