Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

To be content with little is difficult; to be content with much, impossible. ↗

— Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

#materialism #contentment

Oh happy pessimists! What a joy it is to them to be able to prove again and again that there is no joy. ↗

— Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

#pessimism #pessimism

So soon as a fashion is universal, it is out of date. ↗

— Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

#fashion #out #soon #universal

Whoever prefers the material comforts of life over intellectual wealth is like the owner of a palace who moves into the servants’ quarters and leaves the sumptuous rooms empty. ↗

— Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

#intelligence #materialism #intelligence

Parents forgive their children least readily for the faults they themselves instilled in them. ↗

— Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

#faults #forgive #instilled #least #parents

Conquer, but don't triumph. ↗

— Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

#triumph

Even a stopped clock is right twice a day. ↗

— Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

#day #even #right #stopped #twice

Authors from whom others steal should not complain, but rejoice. Where there is no game there are no poachers. ↗

— Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

#complain #game #others #rejoice #should

Not what we experience, but how we perceive what we experience, determines our fate. ↗

— Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

#experience #fate #how #our #perceive

We are so vain that we even care for the opinion of those we don't care for. ↗

— Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

#even #opinion #those #vain