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Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

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Baroness Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach née Countess Dubsky (Czech: Marie von Ebner-Eschenbachová, German: Marie Freifrau von Ebner-Eschenbach; 13 September 1830 – 12 March 1916) was an Austrian writer and a noblewoman. Noted for her psychological novels, she is regarded as one of the most important German-language writers of the latter portion of the 19th century.

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Quotes from Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

We don't believe in rheumatism and true love until after the first attack.

—Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

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

—Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.

—Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

If you have one good idea, people will lend you twenty.

—Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

Whenever two good people argue over principles, they are both right.

—Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

What delights us in visible beauty is the invisible.

—Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

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

—Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach