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

Quote by Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach

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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.

In youth we learn; in age we understand.

In youth we learn; in age we understand.

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

Nobody knows enough, but many know too much.

Nobody knows enough, but many know too much.

If you have one good idea, people will lend you twenty.

If you have one good idea, people will lend you twenty.

So soon as a fashion is universal, it is out of date.

So soon as a fashion is universal, it is out of date.

Imaginary evils are incurable

Imaginary evils are incurable

In youth we learn; in age we understand.

In youth we learn; in age we understand.

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.

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.

Privilege is the greatest enemy of right.

Privilege is the greatest enemy of right.

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...

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.