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

Quote by Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach

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Privilege is the greatest enemy of right.

Privilege is the greatest enemy of right.

Imaginary evils are incurable.

Imaginary evils are incurable.

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...

Privilege is the greatest enemy of right

Privilege is the greatest enemy of right

In youth we learn; in age we understand.

In youth we learn; in age we understand.

Nobody knows enough, but many know too much.

Nobody knows enough, but many know too much.

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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.

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...

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.

Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.

Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.

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.

In youth we learn; in age we understand.

In youth we learn; in age we understand.

So soon as a fashion is universal, it is out of date.

So soon as a fashion is universal, it is out of date.

There is no fashion for the old.

There is no fashion for the old.

Your clothes should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to...

Your clothes should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to...