Imaginary evils are incurable

Quote by Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach

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Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.

Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.

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

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

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

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So soon as a fashion is universal, it is out of date.

So soon as a fashion is universal, it is out of date.

What delights us in visible beauty is the invisible.

What delights us in visible beauty is the invisible.

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

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

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...

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.

Nobody knows enough, but many know too much.

Nobody knows enough, but many know too much.

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.

Privilege is the greatest enemy of right.

Privilege is the greatest enemy of right.

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...

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

Liberation is not deliverance.

Liberation is not deliverance.

Only free men can negotiate; prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedom and mine cannot...

Only free men can negotiate; prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedom and mine cannot...

The Framers [of the Constitution] knew that free speech is the friend of change and...

The Framers [of the Constitution] knew that free speech is the friend of change and...