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
blessed giving bless
Blessed is trust, for it blesses both those who have it to give and those who receive it.
heart people mind
"People's minds are trained largely at the expense of their hearts." This is not so; it is only that there are more educable minds than there are educable hearts.
women thinking long
Never expect women to be sincere, so long as they are educated to think that their first aim in life is to please.
hate believe hated
He who believes in freedom of the will has never loved and never hated.
fate determine perceive
Not what we experience, but how we perceive what we experience, determines our fate.
gratitude joy exalted
n every exalted joy, there mingles a sense of gratitude.
friendship demand honest
There are very few honest friends--the demand is not particularly great.
grace outcomes inward
Grace is the outcome of inward harmony.
grace outcomes inward
Grace is the outcome of inward harmony.
littles impossible satisfied
To be satisfied with little is hard, to be satisfied with a lot is impossible.
morality moral manners
Morals refine manners, as manners refine morals.
separation acquaintance meetings
In meeting again after a separation, acquaintances ask after our outward life, friends after our inner life.
enemy privilege
Privilege is the greatest enemy of right.
beautiful book reading
Not reading a beautiful book again because you've already read it, that is, as if you were not visiting a dear friend again because you know him already.