188 Quotes by Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

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

All that is due to us will be paid, although not perhaps by those to whom we have lent.

Many think that when they have confessed a fault there is no need of correcting it.

Those who understand only what can be explained understand very little.

He who believes in freedom of the will has never loved and never hated.

With our parents we bury our past, with our children our future.

That bad manners are so prevalent in the world is the fault of good manners.

We usually learn to wait only when we have no longer anything to wait for.

To accept reason is impossible if you don't already possess it.