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Stefan Zweig
Austrian
Writer
About the author
In history as in human life, regret does not bring back a lost moment and a thousand years will not recover something lost in a single hour.
Stefan Zweig,
Austrian
Writer
#Life
#Will
#Years
#History
#Regret
One must be convinced to convince, to have enthusiasm to stimulate the others.
Stefan Zweig,
Austrian
Writer
#Enthusiasm
Fate is never too generous even to its favorites. Rarely do the gods grant a mortal more than one immortal deed.
Stefan Zweig,
Austrian
Writer
#Fate
#Gods
#Deed
In history, the moments during which reason and reconciliation prevail are short and fleeting.
Stefan Zweig,
Austrian
Writer
#Reason
#History
#Moments
It would be foolhardy to count on the conscience of the world.
Stefan Zweig,
Austrian
Writer
#World
#Conscience
Never can the innate power of a work be hidden or locked away. A work of art can be forgotten by time; it can be forbidden and rejected but the elemental will always prevail over the ephemeral.
Stefan Zweig,
Austrian
Writer
#Time
#Work
#Will
#Art
#Power
#Forbidden
Now I am discovering the world once more. England has widened my horizon.
Stefan Zweig,
Austrian
Writer
#Now
#World
#England
Often the presence of mind and energy of a person remote from the spotlight decide the course of history for centuries to come.
Stefan Zweig,
Austrian
Writer
#History
#Mind
#Energy
Only the person who has experienced light and darkness, war and peace, rise and fall, only that person has truly experienced life.
Stefan Zweig,
Austrian
Writer
#Life
#War
#Peace
#Darkness
#Light
The free, independent spirit who commits himself to no dogma and will not decide in favor of any party has no homestead on earth.
Stefan Zweig,
Austrian
Writer
#Will
#Earth
#Spirit
#Party
The idea of Jewish unity, of a plan, an organization, unfortunately exists only in the brains of Hitler and Streicher.
Stefan Zweig,
Austrian
Writer
#Idea
#Unity
There is no sense to a sacrifice after you come to feel that it is a sacrifice.
Stefan Zweig,
Austrian
Writer
#Sacrifice
#Sense
Today, for a Jew who writes in the German language, it is totally impossible to make a living. In no group do I see as much misery, disappointment, desperation and hopelessness as in Jewish writers who write in German.
Stefan Zweig,
Austrian
Writer
#Today
#Writers
#Language
#Living
#Misery
#Disappointment
#Desperation
When they are preparing for war, those who rule by force speak most copiously about peace until they have completed the mobilization process.
Stefan Zweig,
Austrian
Writer
#War
#Peace
#Force
Every wave, regardless of how high and forceful it crests, must eventually collapse within itself.
Stefan Zweig,
Austrian
Writer
Only the misfortune of exile can provide the in-depth understanding and the overview into the realities of the world.
Stefan Zweig,
Austrian
Writer
#World
#Understanding
#Misfortune