What delights us in visible beauty is the invisible.

Quote by Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach

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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.

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

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

Nobody knows enough, but many know too much.

Nobody knows enough, but many know too much.

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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

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.

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...

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...

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.

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...

So soon as a fashion is universal, it is out of date.

So soon as a fashion is universal, it is out of date.

Privilege is the greatest enemy of right

Privilege is the greatest enemy of right

Grub first, then ethics.

Grub first, then ethics.

The only tyrant I accept in this world is the 'still small voice' within

The only tyrant I accept in this world is the 'still small voice' within

Of all injustice, that is the greatest which goes under the name of law; and...

Of all injustice, that is the greatest which goes under the name of law; and...

Television is the literature of the illiterate, the culture of the low-brow, the wealth of...

Television is the literature of the illiterate, the culture of the low-brow, the wealth of...