“The vain and weak see a judge in everyone; the proud and strong know no judge other than themselves.”

— Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

Der eitle, schwache Mensch sieht in Jedem einen Richter, der stolze, starke hat keinen Richter als sich selbst.
Source: Aphorisms (1880/1893), p. 34.

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Der eitle, schwache Mensch sieht in Jedem einen Richter, der stolze, starke hat keinen Richter als sich selbst.

Aphorisms (1880/1893)

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Austrian writer 1830–1916

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