What delights us in visible beauty is the invisible.

Quote by Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach

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Privilege is the greatest enemy of right

Privilege is the greatest enemy of 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.

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...

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.

In youth we learn; in age we understand.

In youth we learn; in age we understand.

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

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.

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...

Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.

Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.

Imaginary evils are incurable

Imaginary evils are incurable

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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.

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...

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...