188 Quotes by Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

Not reading a beautiful book again because you’ve already read it, that is, as if you were not visiting a dear friend again because you know him already.

Indifference of every kind is reprehensible, even indifference towards one’s self.

The mediocre always feel as if they’re fighting for their lives when confronted by the excellent.

It is difficult to see the person who admires us as stupid.

We are so vain that we even care for the opinion of those we don’t care for.

Unattainable wishes are often “pious.” This seems to indicate that only profane wishes are fulfilled.

People more easily tolerate opposition than a contradiction.

In youth we learn; in age we understand. – Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach.