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
long suffering youth
You stay young as long as you can learn, acquire new habits, and suffer contradictions.
long virtue imitation
One can acquire some virtues by feigning them for a long time.
long links lasts
An aphorism is the last link in a long chain of thought.
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.
long bears habit
One remains young as long as one can still learn, can still take on new habits, can bear contradictions.
patience waiting
We usually learn to wait only when we have no longer anything to wait for.
kindness names doe
Kindness which is not inexhaustible does not deserve the name.
Those who understand only what can be explained understand very little.
experience none
None are so eager to gain new experience as those who don't know how to make use of the old ones.
To be content with little is hard; to be content with much, impossible.
self kind indifference
Indifference of every kind is reprehensible, even indifference towards one's self.
morning funny-motivational clock
Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.
new-experiences use gains
No one is so eager to gain new experiences as he who doesn't know how to make use of the old ones.
wise kindness kind
How wise must one be to be always kind.