Not what we experience, but how we perceive what we experience, determines our fate.

Quote by Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach

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Parents forgive their children least readily for the faults they themselves instilled in them.

Parents forgive their children least readily for the faults they themselves instilled in them.

Little evil would be done in the world if evil never could be done in...

Little evil would be done in the world if evil never could be done in...

Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.

Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.

Nobody knows enough, but many know too much.

Nobody knows enough, but many know too much.

In youth we learn; in age we understand.

In youth we learn; in age we understand.

Privilege is the greatest enemy of right.

Privilege is the greatest enemy of right.

To be content with little is hard; to be content with much, impossible.

To be content with little is hard; to be content with much, impossible.

Exceptions are not always the proof of the old rule; they can also be the...

Exceptions are not always the proof of the old rule; they can also be the...

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

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

So soon as a fashion is universal, it is out of date.

So soon as a fashion is universal, it is out of date.

Privilege is the greatest enemy of right

Privilege is the greatest enemy of right

What delights us in visible beauty is the invisible.

What delights us in visible beauty is the invisible.

If you have one good idea, people will lend you twenty.

If you have one good idea, people will lend you twenty.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.

Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.

Making books is a skilled trade, like making clocks.

Making books is a skilled trade, like making clocks.

That awkward moment when you're making a wish on 11:11 and you get interrupted by...

That awkward moment when you're making a wish on 11:11 and you get interrupted by...

As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.

As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.