I cannot make you understand. I cannot make anyone unde

I cannot make you understand. I cannot make anyone understand what I don’t understand myself.

Profession : Author

Nationality : Austrian

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One friend in a lifetime is much; two are many; three hardly possible.

The shallow consider liberty a release from all law, from every constraint. The wise man sees in it, on the contrary, the potent Law of Laws.

When a man’s willing and eager the god’s join in.

Behind all their personal vanity, women themselves always have an impersonal contempt for woman.

Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours.

Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.

My mortal foe can no ways wish me a greater harm than England’s hate; neither should death be less welcome unto me than such a mishap betide me.

I don’t think about goals and records. Competition is what keeps me playing.

Not being beautiful was the true blessing. Not being beautiful forced me to develop my inner resources. The pretty girl has a handicap to overcome.

Alas, I am dying beyond my means.

I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father’s protection.

I do not believe in the God of theology who rewards good and punishes evil.