Stefan Zweig Quotes (16 quotes)

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„The idea of Jewish unity, of a plan, an organization, unfortunately exists only in the brains of Hitler and Streicher.“
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„When they are preparing for war, those who rule by force speak most copiously about peace until they have completed the mobilization process.“
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„It would be foolhardy to count on the conscience of the world.“
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„There is no sense to a sacrifice after you come to feel that it is a sacrifice.“
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„One must be convinced to convince, to have enthusiasm to stimulate the others.“
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„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.“
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„Often the presence of mind and energy of a person remote from the spotlight decide the course of history for centuries to come.“
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„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.“
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„Now I am discovering the world once more. England has widened my horizon.“
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„Only the misfortune of exile can provide the in-depth understanding and the overview into the realities of the world.“
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„In history, the moments during which reason and reconciliation prevail are short and fleeting.“
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„Fate is never too generous even to its favorites. Rarely do the gods grant a mortal more than one immortal deed.“
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„The free, independent spirit who commits himself to no dogma and will not decide in favor of any party has no homestead on earth.“
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„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.“
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„Only the person who has experienced light and darkness, war and peace, rise and fall, only that person has truly experienced life.“
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„Every wave, regardless of how high and forceful it crests, must eventually collapse within itself.“
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Author information

Stefan Zweig
Author born: November 28, 1881
Author died: February 22, 1942
Nationality: Austrian
Author Profession: Writer

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