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If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.
What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the feeble mentality of the average adult.
We are masters of the unsaid words, but slaves of those we let slip out.
I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.
A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.
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There is only one proof of ability - action.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
Between being able to and actually doing something lies an ocean, and on its bottom rests all too often the wreck of willpower.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
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
To accept reason is impossible if you don't already possess it.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
Accident is veiled necessity.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
