Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach - Aphorisms

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Whoever shows both charm and pleasure in explaining to people things that they already know soon gets a reputation as an intelligent individual.

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We are valued either too highly or not highly enough. We are never taken at our real worth.

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The greatest leveler is politeness; it removes all class distinctions.

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Those who understand only what can be explained understand very little.

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Those who believe in the freedom of the will have never loved, and never hated.

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It is difficult to see the person who admires us as stupid.

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Wags are beggars in the realm of the intellect; they live on alms tossed to them by fortune—on flashes of wit.

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Since the well-known victory over the hare by the tortoise, the descendants of the tortoise think themselves miracles of speed.

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When curiosity is felt about serious things we call it thirst for knowledge.

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It is not the mortal but the incurable illnesses which are the worst.

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The simplest and most familiar truth seems new and wonderful the instant we ourselves experience it for the first time.

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Physicians are hated either on principle or for financial reasons.

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No one ever accomplished the ordinary who did not attempt the extraordinary.

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Manuscripts either moulder in your drawer, or mature there.

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Between being able to and actually doing something lies an ocean, and on its bottom rests all too often the wreck of willpower.

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It is a characteristic of the great that they demand far less of other people than of themselves.

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But little evil would be done in the world if evil never could be done in the name of good.

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One thought cannot awake without awakening others.

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Oh happy pessimists! What a joy it is to them to be able to prove again and again that there is no joy.

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We are so vain that we care even for the opinion of those we don't care for.

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Consider well before you immerse yourself in solitude whether your own company will be good for you.

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The intellect and the heart are on good terms with one another. One often represents the other so perfectly, that it is hard to determine which of the two was at work.

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Virtue is also an art, and its adherents can be divided into the practicing artists and the mere fans.

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There are very few honest friends—the demand is not particularly great.

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What do people like to call stupid the most? Something sensible that they can't understand.

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If art finds the temple closed, then it flees into the workshop.

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The simplest and commonest truth seems new and miraculous the very moment we first experience it in ourselves.

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Origins are of the greatest importance. We are almost reconciled to having a cold when we remember where we caught it.

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If there be a faith that can remove mountains, it is faith in our own power.

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Authors from whom others steal should not complain, but rejoice. Where there is no game there are no poachers.

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