The simplest and most familiar truth seems new and wonderful the instant we ourselves experience it for the first time. — Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach Copy Share Image
Never expect women to be sincere, so long as they are educated to think that their first aim in life is to… — Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach Copy Share Image
Be the first to say something obvious and achieve immortality. — Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach Copy Share Image
Even virtue is an art; and even its devotees are divided into those who practise it and those who are merely amateurs. — Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach Copy Share Image
Parents forgive their children least readily for the faults they themselves instilled in them. — Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach Copy Share Image
Whoever prefers the material comforts of life over intellectual wealth is like the owner of a palace who moves into the servants’ quarters and… — Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach Copy Share Image
Pain is the great teacher of mankind. Beneath its breath souls develop. — Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach Copy Share Image
Where would the power of women be, were it not for the vanity of men? — Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach Copy Share Image
“Much less evil would be done on earth if evil could not be done in the name of good. ” — Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach Copy Share Image
