Conquer, but don't triumph.

Quote by Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach

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

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

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.

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.

None are so eager to gain new experience as those who don't know how to...

None are so eager to gain new experience as those who don't know how to...

Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.

Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.

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...

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

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

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

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

So soon as a fashion is universal, it is out of date.

So soon as a fashion is universal, it is out of date.

Authors from whom others steal should not complain, but rejoice. Where there is no game...

Authors from whom others steal should not complain, but rejoice. Where there is no game...

In youth we learn; in age we understand.

In youth we learn; in age we understand.

The poor man wishes to conceal his poverty, and the rich man his wealth: the...

The poor man wishes to conceal his poverty, and the rich man his wealth: the...

Privilege is the greatest enemy of right

Privilege is the greatest enemy of right

Imaginary evils are incurable

Imaginary evils are incurable

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

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

Whenever two good people argue over principles, they are both right.

Whenever two good people argue over principles, they are both right.

What delights us in visible beauty is the invisible.

What delights us in visible beauty is the invisible.

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...

Privilege is the greatest enemy of right.

Privilege is the greatest enemy of right.