Beware of Boasted Virtue – Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
“Beware of the virtue which a man boasts is his.”
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
Author Archive for: Jan
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Nobody Knows Enough – Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
“Nobody knows enough, but many know too much.”
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
One has to do good – Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
“One has to do good in order for it to exist in the world.”
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
Quote by Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach: You can sink so fast
“You can sink so fast that you think you are flying.”
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
An opinion may be controverted by Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
“An opinion may be controverted; a prejudice, never.”
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
Hatred and Envy – Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
“Hatred is a prolific vice; envy, a barren vice.”
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
In Every Exalted Joy – Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
“n every exalted joy, there mingles a sense of gratitude.”
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
Leo Tolstoy Quote on Poverty and Justice
“Men pray to the Almighty to relieve poverty. But poverty comes not from God’s laws-it is blasphemy of the worst kind to say that. Poverty comes from man’s injustice to his fellow man.”
Leo Tolstoi
Quote by Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach on Kindness and Wit
“Wit is an intermittent fountain; kindness is a perennial spring.”
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
Pity is Love – Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
“Pity is love in undress.”
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach