We are so vain that we even care for the opinion of those we don't care for.

Quote by Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach

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Privilege is the greatest enemy of right

Privilege is the greatest enemy of right

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.

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...

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

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

In youth we learn; in age we understand.

In youth we learn; in age we understand.

In youth we learn; in age we understand.

In youth we learn; in age we understand.

What delights us in visible beauty is the invisible.

What delights us in visible beauty is the invisible.

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

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

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

Conquer, but don't triumph.

Conquer, but don't triumph.

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...

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.

So soon as a fashion is universal, it is out of date.

So soon as a fashion is universal, it is out of date.

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

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

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...

Privilege is the greatest enemy of right.

Privilege is the greatest enemy of right.

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...

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.