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More Quotes by Stefan Zweig
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.
A word is nothing unless it has values and an atmosphere, unless you grasp its historical significance.
No guilt is forgotten so long as the conscience still knows of it.
Only the misfortune of exile can provide the in-depth understanding and the overview into the realities of the world.
Every wave, regardless of how high and forceful it crests, must eventually collapse within itself.
It would be foolhardy to count on the conscience of the world.
Memory is so corrupt that you remember only what you want to; if you want to forget about something, slowly but surely you do.
It is never until one realizes that one means something to others that one feels there is any point or purpose in one's own existence.
In history, the moments during which reason and reconciliation prevail are short and fleeting.
Freedom is not possible without authority - otherwise it would turn into chaos and authority is not possible without freedom - otherwise it would turn into tyranny.