188 Quotes by Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

Those whom we support hold us up in life.

One thought cannot awake without awakening others.

Passion is always suffering, even when gratified.

One has to do good in order for it to exist in the world.

When the time comes in which one could, the time has passed in which one can.

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

Runners are poor walkers.

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

Morals refine manners, as manners refine morals.