Aphorisms Quotes

“To be content with little is difficult; to be content with much, impossible.”
― Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, Aphorisms

“Whoever prefers the material comforts of life over intellectual wealth is like the owner of a palace who moves into the servants’ quarters and leaves the sumptuous rooms empty.”
― Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, Aphorisms

“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, Aphorisms

“Nothing is so often and so irrevocably missed as the opportunity which crops up daily.”
― Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, Aphorisms

“Conquer, but never triumph.”
― Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, Aphorisms

“Have patience with the quarrelsomeness of the stupid. It is not easy to comprehend that one does not comprehend.”
― Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, Aphorisms

“An aphorism is the last link in a long chain of thought.”
― Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, Aphorisms