Conquer, but don't triumph.

Quote by Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach

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Nobody knows enough, but many know too much.

Nobody knows enough, but many know too much.

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.

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.

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...

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...

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

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

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.

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So soon as a fashion is universal, it is out of date.

So soon as a fashion is universal, it is out of date.

In youth we learn; in age we understand.

In youth we learn; in age we understand.

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...

Privilege is the greatest enemy of right

Privilege is the greatest enemy of right

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

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

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...

What delights us in visible beauty is the invisible.

What delights us in visible beauty is the invisible.

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

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

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...