Conquer, but don't triumph.

Quote by Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach

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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...

Nobody knows enough, but many know too much.

Nobody knows enough, but many know too much.

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...

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...

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.

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.

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...

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.

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...

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.

Imaginary evils are incurable

Imaginary evils are incurable

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.

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...

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...

Popularity is not leadership.

Popularity is not leadership.

Popularity is a crime from the moment it is sought; it is only a virtue...

Popularity is a crime from the moment it is sought; it is only a virtue...

Popularity is the crown of laurel which the world puts on bad art. Whatever is...

Popularity is the crown of laurel which the world puts on bad art. Whatever is...

I am, indeed, a king, because I know how to rule myself.

I am, indeed, a king, because I know how to rule myself.

Every act of conscious learning requires the willingness to suffer an injury to one's self-esteem....

Every act of conscious learning requires the willingness to suffer an injury to one's self-esteem....

Every author, however modest, keeps a most outrageous vanity chained like a madman in the...

Every author, however modest, keeps a most outrageous vanity chained like a madman in the...