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

Quote by Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach

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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...

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

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

Privilege is the greatest enemy of right.

Privilege is the greatest enemy of right.

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

So soon as a fashion is universal, it is out of date.

So soon as a fashion is universal, it is out of date.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

Imaginary evils are incurable.

Imaginary evils are incurable.

Conquer, but don't triumph.

Conquer, but don't triumph.

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.

Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.

Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.

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.

Nobody knows enough, but many know too much.

Nobody knows enough, but many know too much.

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.

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...

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...

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.

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...

Imaginary evils are incurable

Imaginary evils are incurable