Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (1830–1916) Austrian writer
Der Umgang mit einem Egoisten ist darum so verderblich, weil die Notwehr uns allmählich zwingt, in seine Fehler zu verfallen.
Source: Aphorisms (1880/1893), p. 45.
“When you imagine mistakes, there can be no self-defense.”
— Frank Herbert, book Dune
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