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Marie Ebner von Eschenbach: Vanity

“We are so vain that we even care for the opinion of those we don’t care for.” —Marie Ebner von Eschenbach, writer (1830-1916) Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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[thatswhywelovegermany]

Wer an die Freiheit des menschlichen Willens glaubt, hat nie geliebt und nie gehasst.

Anyone who believes in the freedom of human will has never loved and never hated.

Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (1830 – 1916), Austrian writer

#quote #marie von ebner-eschenbach #not german #austrian

[justwatchmyeyes]

Arme Leute schenken gern. ~ Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

#Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach #feelgoodvibes #goodvibestour #zitate #goodtimesgoodvibes #goodvibesgoodlife #cachostumblr #smilealways #goodvibesquotes #inlove #justgoodvibes #sad poem #justsmile #prettysmile #keepsmile #frasestumblr

[christof-s-bernitt]

Die Gelassenheit ist eine anmutige Form des Selbstbewusstseins. /Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

#artists on tumblr #drawing #art #gallery #books and libraries #Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

[elegantzombielite]

"Spurned pity can turn into cruelty just as spurned love turns into hate."

Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, writer (13th September 1830-1916)

#athoughtfortoday #Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach #pity #cruelty #love

[deus77vult]

Solange man selbst redet,

erfährt man nichts.

Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

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[anonimouse-sewer]

"Marriage is a state where two people can't stand living together and can't stand living apart."

-Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

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[advokatasbauza]

Jaunystėje mokomės; senatvėje suprantame. - Marie Ebner Von Eschenbach -

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[blackswaneuroparedux]

Nowadays people are born to find fault. When they look at Achilles, they see only his heel.

- Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

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[linusjf]

Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach: Spurned pity

“Spurned pity can turn into cruelty just as spurned love turns into hate.” —Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach.

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[hellotom14]

„Frieden kannst du nur haben, wenn du ihn gibst.“ Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

Einen schönen Freitag wünsche ich, euch.

[justwatchmyeyes]

Das Wissen ist das einzige Gut, das sich vermehrt, wenn man es teilt. ~ Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

#Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach #loveyou #love #loveyourself #aesthetictumblr #lovely #goodvibeslang #allgoodvibes #naturelovers #sad quotes #truelove #goodvibes #thegoodvibes #smile #alwaysgoodvibes #tumblrteemurah

[everythingwecomeacross]

“What delights us in visible beauty is the invisible.”—Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

#spring #trees #leaves #photographers on tumblr #original photography #maine #landscape #birds #sky #skyscape #mountains

[elegantzombielite]

"We are so vain that we even care for the opinion of those we don't care for."

Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, writer (13 September 1830-1916)

#athoughtfortoday #Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach #vanity #for whom we don't care #Grammar nerd

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2024 / 14

Aperçu of the Week:

"If everyone wanted to help each other, everyone would be helped."

(Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, Austrian poet and psychologist in the 19th century)

Bad News of the Week:

The whole world fears for the well-being of the Palestinian civilian population in Gaza. Except Israel. The whole world is worried about the local conflict escalating into a full scale Middle East war. Except Israel. Lately, when someone asks me if I've heard "that" from Israel, I have to answer "what do you mean?". Because, as sarcastic as it sounds, there is something to tear your hair out about almost every day.

Take the example of the civilian population in Gaza. The circumstances that led to the deaths of seven World Central Kitchen employees clearly show that the Israeli military deliberately makes no distinction as to who or what it bombs. According to the motto: anyone who is not with us is against us. The fact that there are, of course, many more differentiated positions does not matter.

Take the example of the Middle East conflict. There is open talk of military operations across the country's northern border, i.e. on Lebanese territory. Regardless of the fact that Hezbollah can do whatever it wants in this failed state, Lebanon is a sovereign state. Incidentally, it currently has the highest proportion of refugees in the total population of any country in the world. But so was Syria when Israel effectively annexed the Golan Heights in the "Six-Day War" in 1967 (!). This is still the status quo after almost 60 years. The fact that this is almost universally not recognized by the international community does not matter.

As a German, I'm asked more and more often how Germany justifies being Israel's largest arms supplier after the USA, when these weapons are obviously not only used for defense (which Israel of course sees differently). The justification is simple: historical guilt. And this apparently prevents us from seeing what we don't want to see. Yes, the world would be easier to understand if we could divide it into black and white. That might still be possible with Israel and Iran. But not with Israel and Palestine.

PS: Next week I'll complain about something else - I promise!

Good News of the Week:

Following the successful agreement between the unions and our national train company Deutsche Bahn, there has now been arbitration achieved at the airports and our national air carrier Lufthansa. It should be noted that both will cost a lot of money. Both the generous wage increases and the compensation for reduced working hours through additional staff are expensive. And they will not be covered by coffee money, but by hefty price increases for the customers who (have to) use these means of transportation - in other words, all of us. At least I don't know anyone outside the vacation season who travels for fun but has to get between A and B somehow. Beam me up, Scotty!

Nevertheless, it is good to see that there is now a reasonably solid planning security again. And I'm not just talking about the usual commuters to work, of which I am one. But the logistics themselves. Of people and goods. After all, what I've seen in my environment alone in terms of missed meetings and broken supply chains is also a cost factor. If projects cannot be continued and production comes to a standstill, that costs money. Money from all of us. And very few of us have been asked if we agree. Not to be misunderstood: I don't want to question the great good of the right to strike. However, I am of the opinion that the proportionality of the means must not be lost sight of.

Personal happy moment of the week:

It was a summer weekend at the weekend - with temperatures of almost 30 degrees Celsius in southern Germany. We took advantage of this to kick off the cycling season. Of course, we started with a harmless route that we already knew, and of course to a nice country inn that we also already knew. And we were not disappointed. That will comfort us when the temperatures now drop back down to 2 degrees and it rains. Just a normal April. Good too. And nature is happy.

As I write this...

...I am delighted that we may soon have a fiber connection at home. It makes perfect sense for a household with adults working from the home office and teenagers on the internet. Especially if we usually stream music during the day and a series or movie in the evening. I find this astonishing because we live in a village with a maximum of 200 inhabitants. I hardly think that's profitable. It's more likely to be categorized as an infrastructural measure that a municipality implements for its population. It's nice that in this country we don't always just look at the money.

Post Scriptum

Employers' President Rainer Dulger is stunned by the German government's planned "Pension Package II", because it "now wants to massively increase pension spending once again, even though we are facing the biggest ageing spurt ever seen in Germany". Sounds logical. Especially because the pension system has long been financed not only by the contributions of the working population, but increasingly by subsidies from the tax pot. If fewer and fewer people are working and paying tax, while society is (over)ageing at the same time, this creates a gap. Who should pay for this? Especially when the burden of taxes and contributions is already so high - and not just by international standards?

On the other hand, many pensioners are already living at the limits of what is feasible in view of the constantly rising cost of living. In many cases, it is no longer possible to speak of "living", but rather of "existing". That is sad. Unfortunately, it is no bad joke that some people buy dog food without being able to afford a dog. It must be the task of every society to care for its weak, young and old when they can not do so themselves. Especially if they have done the best they can. But a woman, for example, who has raised several children and then cared for her sick parents is not taken into account by the system. After all, she has never paid into the system - at least not in monetary terms. Old-age poverty is an ugly word. But it is increasingly becoming the bitter reality.

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