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Card VIII-6: MARIE VON EBNER-ESCHENBACH – Whoever knows nothing must believe everything.

Series VIII · Card 6 of 21 · THE SCRIPTORIUM

Whoever knows nothing must believe everything.

MARIE VON EBNER-ESCHENBACH · APHORISMS · 1880

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Source

“Aphorisms” (Aphorismen), second hundred, no. 6 (first edition 1880); Collected Writings (Gesammelte Schriften), vol. 1, Berlin: Gebrüder Paetel 1893

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About the author

Austrian writer (1830–1916). One of the most important storytellers of the 19th century; her aphorisms are among the most quoted in the German language.

The question on the back

How much of your knowledge have you never checked yourself?