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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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...

What delights us in visible beauty is the invisible.

What delights us in visible beauty is the invisible.

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

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...

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...

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.

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

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

Privilege is the greatest enemy of right.

Privilege is the greatest enemy of right.

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

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

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

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

Nobody knows enough, but many know too much.

Nobody knows enough, but many know too much.

So soon as a fashion is universal, it is out of date.

So soon as a fashion is universal, it is out of date.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

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...

In youth we learn; in age we understand.

In youth we learn; in age we understand.

Imaginary evils are incurable.

Imaginary evils are incurable.

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

Nothing has a stronger influence psychologically on their environment, and especially on their children, than...

Nothing has a stronger influence psychologically on their environment, and especially on their children, than...

If your parents never had children, chances are... neither will you.

If your parents never had children, chances are... neither will you.

What is the use of physicians like myself trying to help parents to bring up...

What is the use of physicians like myself trying to help parents to bring up...