In youth we learn; in age we understand.

Quote by Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach

Topics: Youth Quotes

Nobody knows enough, but many know too much.

Nobody knows enough, but many know too much.

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...

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

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...

Conquer, but don't triumph.

Conquer, but don't triumph.

Privilege is the greatest enemy of right.

Privilege is the greatest enemy of right.

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...

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...

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.

Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.

Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.

Imaginary evils are incurable

Imaginary evils are incurable

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

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

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

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

Imaginary evils are incurable.

Imaginary evils are incurable.

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

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

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...

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.

What delights us in visible beauty is the invisible.

What delights us in visible beauty is the invisible.