To be content with little is hard; to be content with much, impossible.

Quote by Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach

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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.

In youth we learn; in age we understand.

In youth we learn; in age we understand.

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...

Imaginary evils are incurable

Imaginary evils are incurable

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...

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

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.

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.

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...

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...

Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.

Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.

What delights us in visible beauty is the invisible.

What delights us in visible beauty is the invisible.

So soon as a fashion is universal, it is out of date.

So soon as a fashion is universal, it is out of date.

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.

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...

Conquer, but don't triumph.

Conquer, but don't triumph.

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...

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

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