Parents forgive their children least readily for the faults they themselves instilled in them.

Quote by Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach

Topics: Parents Quotes

Privilege is the greatest enemy of right.

Privilege is the greatest enemy of right.

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

Imaginary evils are incurable.

Imaginary evils are incurable.

Nobody knows enough, but many know too much.

Nobody knows enough, but many know too much.

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

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.

In youth we learn; in age we understand.

In youth we learn; in age we understand.

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

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

In youth we learn; in age we understand.

In youth we learn; in age we understand.

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...

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...

So soon as a fashion is universal, it is out of date.

So soon as a fashion is universal, it is out of date.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

Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.

Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.

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.

What delights us in visible beauty is the invisible.

What delights us in visible beauty is the invisible.

Conquer, but don't triumph.

Conquer, but don't triumph.

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...