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21 " Consider well before you immerse yourself in solitude whether your own company will be good for you. "
― Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
22 " We are so vain that we even care for the opinion of those we don’t care for. "
23 " To be content with little is hard; to be content with much, impossible. "
24 " It is difficult to see the person who admires us as stupid. "
25 " Misanthropy is a suit of armor lined with thorns. "
26 " Nothing makes us more cowardly and unconscionable than the desire to be loved by everyone. "
27 " There are more truths in a good book than its author meant to put in it. "
28 " Lesen ist ein großes Wunder. "
29 " So weit deine Selbstbeherrschung geht, so weit geht deine Freiheit. "
30 " Скучната книга има хубава страна, че приспива и критиците. "
31 " Many priceless things can be bought. "
32 " An aphorism is the last link in a long chain of thought. "
― Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach , Aphorisms
33 " Der Gescheitere gibt nach! Eine traurige Wahrheit, sie begründet die Weltherrschaft der Dummheit. "
34 " Was ist Reue? Eine große Trauer darüber, dass wir sind, wie wir sind. "
35 " Es gibt Fälle, in denen vernünftig sein, feige sein heißt. "
36 " Solo el que piensa tiene una vivencia de la propia vida; a los que no piensan, la vida les pasa de largo" - Marie Von Ebner - Eschenbach "
― Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach , Erz�hlungen Von Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint)
37 " There is only one proof of ability: action "
38 " There is only one proof of ability: action. "
39 " The world would be in better shape if people would take the same pains in the practice of the simplest moral laws as they exert in intellectualizing over the most subtle moral questions. "
40 " Wir suchen die Wahrheit, finden wollen wir sie aber nur dort, wo es uns beliebt. "