Exceptions are not always the proof of the old rule; they can also be the harbinger of a new one.

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

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...

In youth we learn; in age we understand.

In youth we learn; in age we understand.

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.

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.

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.

Conquer, but don't triumph.

Conquer, but don't triumph.

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...

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

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...

Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.

Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.

So soon as a fashion is universal, it is out of date.

So soon as a fashion is universal, it is out of date.

Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.

Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.

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.

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

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

What delights us in visible beauty is the invisible.

What delights us in visible beauty is the invisible.

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.