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

Quote by Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach

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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.

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

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

Imaginary evils are incurable

Imaginary evils are incurable

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...

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

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

Conquer, but don't triumph.

Conquer, but don't triumph.

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.

So soon as a fashion is universal, it is out of date.

So soon as a fashion is universal, it is out of date.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

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...

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...

In youth we learn; in age we understand.

In youth we learn; in age we understand.

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...

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

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

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

Privilege is the greatest enemy of right

Privilege is the greatest enemy of right

The only tyrant I accept in this world is the 'still small voice' within

The only tyrant I accept in this world is the 'still small voice' within

Ethics is knowing the difference between what you have a right to do and what...

Ethics is knowing the difference between what you have a right to do and what...

The strictest law sometimes becomes the severest injustice.

The strictest law sometimes becomes the severest injustice.

When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to...

When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to...