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
shining deep-learning
Deep learning doesn't shine.
men great-men humans
Not every great man is a grand human being.
believe practice people
Only those few people who practice it believe in goodness.
thinking flying
You can sink so fast that you think you are flying.
believe moving mountain
If there is a believe that is capable to move mountains it is the believe in our own strength.
spring men despair
Our greatest indulgence towards a man springs from our despair of him.
drawers manuscripts
The manuscript in the drawer either rots or ripens.
thinking wish wishful-thinking
What you wish to do you are apt to think you ought to do.
priceless
Many priceless things can be bought.
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.
truth errors truth-is
Many a truth is the result of an error.
generosity rich virtue
The poor never estimate as a virtue the generosity of the rich.
regret arrogance inexperience
I regret nothing, says arrogance; I will regret nothing, says inexperience.
reason cowardly reasonable
There are times when to be reasonable is to be cowardly.