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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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...

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...

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

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

Privilege is the greatest enemy of right.

Privilege is the greatest enemy of right.

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...

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...

Privilege is the greatest enemy of right

Privilege is the greatest enemy of right

Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.

Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.

Nobody knows enough, but many know too much.

Nobody knows enough, but many know too much.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

Imaginary evils are incurable

Imaginary evils are incurable

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

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