Imaginary evils are incurable.

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.

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.

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

Conquer, but don't triumph.

Conquer, but don't triumph.

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.

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

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

In youth we learn; in age we understand.

In youth we learn; in age we understand.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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

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

So soon as a fashion is universal, it is out of date.

So soon as a fashion is universal, it is out of date.

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...

Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.

Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.

I once made love for an hour and fifteen minutes, but it was the night...

I once made love for an hour and fifteen minutes, but it was the night...

A watched clock never tells the time

A watched clock never tells the time

As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.

As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.