Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach Long Quotations

You stay young as long as you can learn, acquire new habits, and suffer contradictions.

One can acquire some virtues by feigning them for a long time.

An aphorism is the last link in a long chain of thought.

Never expect women to be sincere, so long as they are educated to think that their first aim in life is to please.

One remains young as long as one can still learn, can still take on new habits, can bear contradictions.