None are so eager to gain new experience as those who don't know how to make use of the old ones.

Quote by Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach

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

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

Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.

Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.

Privilege is the greatest enemy of right

Privilege is the greatest enemy of right

So soon as a fashion is universal, it is out of date.

So soon as a fashion is universal, it is out of date.

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

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

What delights us in visible beauty is the invisible.

What delights us in visible beauty is the invisible.

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

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

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.

Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.

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.

Privilege is the greatest enemy of right.

Privilege is the greatest enemy of right.

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.

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...