Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
Baroness Marie von Ebner-Eschenbachwas an Austrian writer. Noted for her excellent psychological novels, she is regarded—together with Ferdinand von Saar—as one of the most important German-language writers of the latter portion of the 19th century...
NationalityAustrian
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth13 September 1830
CountryAustria
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach quotes about
priceless
Many priceless things can be bought.
life happy-birthday wisdom
In youth we learn; in age we understand.
sympathy self people
The sympathy of most people consists of a mixture of good-humour, curiosity, and self-importance.
firsts immortality achieve
Be the first to say something obvious and achieve immortality.
imaginary
The incurable ills are the imaginary ills.
harbinger proof exception
Exceptions are not always the proof of the old rule; they can also be the harbinger of a new one.
beauty science delight
What delights us in visible beauty is the invisible.
kindness spring fountain
Wit is an intermittent fountain; kindness is a perennial spring.
pride victory defeat
A defeat borne with pride is also a victory.
disrespect good-man world
That bad manners are so prevalent in the world is the fault of good manners.
desire cowardly
Nothing makes us more cowardly and unconscionable than the desire to be loved by everyone.
time thinking vanity
Since the well-known victory over the hare by the tortoise, the descendants of the tortoise think themselves miracles of speed.
suits-of-armor thorns misanthropy
Misanthropy is a suit of armor lined with thorns.
patience waiting
We usually learn to wait only when we have no longer anything to wait for.