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1 " Whoever prefers the material comforts of life over intellectual wealth is like the owner of a palace who moves into the servants’ quarters and leaves the sumptuous rooms empty. "
― Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach , Aphorisms
2 " Oh happy pessimists! What a joy it is to them to be able to prove again and again that there is no joy. "
3 " Have patience with the quarrelsomeness of the stupid. It is not easy to comprehend that one does not comprehend. "
4 " Nothing is so often and so irrevocably missed as the opportunity which crops up daily. "
5 " So soon as a fashion is universal, it is out of date. "
― Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
6 " To be content with little is difficult; to be content with much, impossible. "
7 " Fear not those who argue but those who dodge. "
8 " Die glücklichen Sklaven sind die erbittertsten Feinde der Freiheit. "
9 " Wenn es einen Glauben gibt, der Berge versetzen kann, so ist es der Glaube an die eigene Kraft. "
10 " Even a stopped clock is right twice a day "
11 " In youth we learn; in age we understand. "
12 " Much less evil would be done on earth if evil could not be done in the name of good. "
13 " Who doesn't know anything, has to believe everything. "
14 " Conquer, but never triumph. "
15 " Happy slaves are the bitterest enemies of freedom. "
16 " In youth we learn; in age we understand. – Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach "
17 " We don't believe in rheumatism and and true love untill the first "
18 " Onaj koga su odneli do cilja ne sme verovati da ga je dostigao "
19 " Do not consider yourself deprived because your dreams were not fulfilled; the truly deprived have never dreamed. "
20 " One of the main goals of self-education is to eradicate that vanity in us without which we would never have been educated. "
