“Be patient with the belligerence of the simple-minded. It is not easy to understand that one doesn’t understand”

— Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

Geduld mit der Streitsucht der Einfältigen! Es ist nicht leicht zu begreifen, dass man nicht begreift.
Source: Aphorisms (1880/1893), p. 20.

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Geduld mit der Streitsucht der Einfältigen! Es ist nicht leicht zu begreifen, dass man nicht begreift.

Aphorismen. Aus: Schriften. Bd. 1, Berlin: Paetel. 1893. S. 5
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Austrian writer 1830–1916

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