188 Quotes by Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

Conquer, but don't triumph.

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

Do not consider yourself deprived because your dreams were not fulfilled; the truly deprived have never dreamed.

To be young is delightful; to be old is comfortable.

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

Nothing is less promising than precocity. A young thistle is more like a future tree than is a young oak.

Nothing makes us more cowardly and unconscionable than the desire to be loved by everyone.

Many think they have a kind heart who have only weak nerves.

People more easily tolerate opposition than a contradiction