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

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...

Nobody knows enough, but many know too much.

Nobody knows enough, but many know too much.

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...

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.

Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.

Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.

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.

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.

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

Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.

Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.

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...

Conquer, but don't triumph.

Conquer, but don't triumph.

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.

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...

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...