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
time thinking vanity
Since the well-known victory over the hare by the tortoise, the descendants of the tortoise think themselves miracles of speed.
thinking flying
You can sink so fast that you think you are flying.
thinking wish wishful-thinking
What you wish to do you are apt to think you ought to do.
thinking faults needs
Many think that when they have confessed a fault there is no need of correcting it.
heart thinking nerves
Many think they have a kind heart who have only weak nerves.
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.
thinking men thinking-man
Only the thinking man lives his life, the thoughtless man's life passes him by.
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.