Top 15 Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach Quotes

The moral code which was good enough for our fathers is not good enough for our children.

A defeat borne with pride is also a victory.

Public opinion is the whore among opinions.

Nothing makes us more cowardly and unconscionable than the desire to be loved by everyone.

Indifference of every kind is reprehensible, even indifference towards one’s self.

Misanthropy is a suit of armor lined with thorns.

However much you paid for a beautiful illusion, you got a bargain.

Do not consider yourself deprived because your dreams were not fulfilled; the truly deprived have never dreamed.

None are so inconsiderate as those who demand nothing of life other than their own personal comfort.

Believe flatterers and you’re lost; believe your enemies—and you despair.

Consider well before you immerse yourself in solitude whether your own company will be good for you.

Happy slaves are the bitterest enemies of freedom

One of the main goals of self-education is to eradicate that vanity in us without which we would never have been educated.

Enthusiasm does not always speak for those who arouse it, but always for those who experience it.

Indifference and contempt will always be able to take on an aura of intellectual superiority over sympathy and love for others.