Occasionally he stumbled over the truth, but hastily picked himself up and hurried on as if nothing had happened.
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Winston S. Churchill
The truth is like salt. Men want to taste a little, but too much makes everyone sick.
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Joe Abercrombie
But to live in ignorance on such a point was impossible.
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Jane Austen
It takes a very long time to become young.
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Pablo Picasso
Travel brings wisdom only to the wise. It renders the ignorant more ignorant than ever.
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Joe Abercrombie
More Quotes By Marie Von EbnerEschenbach
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.
Oh happy pessimists! What a joy it is to them to be able to prove again and again that there is no joy.
Have patience with the quarrelsomeness of the stupid. It is not easy to comprehend that one does not comprehend.
Nothing is so often and so irrevocably missed as the opportunity which crops up daily.
So soon as a fashion is universal, it is out of date.
