Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach Quotes - Page 2

Consider once before you give, twice before you receive, and a thousand times before you ask.

We usually learn to wait only when we have no longer anything to wait for.

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

Fools usually know best that which the wise despair of ever comprehending.

It's bad enough when married people bore one another, but it's much worse when only one of them bores the other.

Beware of the virtue which a man boasts is his.

Grace is the outcome of inward harmony.

They understand but a little who understand only what can be explained.

To have and not to give is often worse than to steal.

Fear not those who argue but those who dodge.

An aphorism is the last link in a long chain of thought.

The little bit of truth contained in many a lie is what makes them so terrible.

To be satisfied with little is hard, to be satisfied with a lot is impossible.

Do not fear the ones who argue, but rather those who are evasive.

Parents forgive their children least readily for the faults they themselves instilled in them.

Only the thinking man lives his life, the thoughtless man's life passes him by.

That bad manners are so prevalent in the world is the fault of good manners.

Even a stopped clock is right twice every day. After some years, it can boast of a long series of successes.

Never expect women to be sincere, so long as they are educated to think that their first aim in life is to please.

Nothing is so often and so irrevocably missed as the opportunity which crops up daily.

Passion is always suffering, even when gratified.

Deep learning doesn't shine.

How wise must one be to be always kind.

Calmness is the graceful form of Confidence.

Those who know nothing must believe everything.