The poor man wishes to conceal his poverty, and the rich man his wealth: the former fears lest he be despised, the latter lest he be plundered.

Quote by Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach

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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...

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

Conquer, but don't triumph.

Conquer, but don't triumph.

In youth we learn; in age we understand.

In youth we learn; in age we understand.

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...

In youth we learn; in age we understand.

In youth we learn; in age we understand.

Imaginary evils are incurable.

Imaginary evils are incurable.

So soon as a fashion is universal, it is out of date.

So soon as a fashion is universal, it is out of date.

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...

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...

Nobody knows enough, but many know too much.

Nobody knows enough, but many know too much.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.