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

Quote by Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach

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In youth we learn; in age we understand.

In youth we learn; in age we understand.

Privilege is the greatest enemy of right.

Privilege is the greatest enemy of right.

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...

Conquer, but don't triumph.

Conquer, but don't triumph.

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...

So soon as a fashion is universal, it is out of date.

So soon as a fashion is universal, it is out of date.

Privilege is the greatest enemy of right

Privilege is the greatest enemy of right

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

Imaginary evils are incurable.

Imaginary evils are incurable.

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...

Imaginary evils are incurable

Imaginary evils are incurable

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.

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...

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

Nobody knows enough, but many know too much.

Nobody knows enough, but many know too much.