With our parents we bury our past, with our children our future. — Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach Copy Share Image
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
Since the well-known victory over the hare by the tortoise, the descendants of the tortoise think themselves miracles of speed. — Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach Copy Share Image
When the time comes in which one could, the time has passed in which one can. — Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach Copy Share Image
One can acquire some virtues by feigning them for a long time. — Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach Copy Share Image
There are times when to be reasonable is to be cowardly. — Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach Copy Share Image
Distrust your judgment the moment you can discern the shadow of a personal motive in it. — 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
