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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.
― Stefan Zweig
Life
Regret
Years
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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.
― Stefan Zweig
Life
War
Fall
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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.
― Stefan Zweig
Mean
Purpose
Realizing
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Time to leave now, get out of this room, go somewhere, anywhere; sharpen this feeling of happiness and freedom, stretch your limbs, fill your eyes, be awake, wider awake, vividly awake in every sense and every pore.
― Stefan Zweig
Eye
Feelings
Rooms
Stefan Zweig
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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.
― Stefan Zweig
Chaos
Authority
Tyranny
Stefan Zweig
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No guilt is forgotten so long as the conscience still knows of it.
― Stefan Zweig
Long
Guilt
Forgotten
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All I know is that I shall be alone again. There is nothing more terrible than to be alone among human beings.
― Stefan Zweig
Terrible
Humans
Knows
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Every wave, regardless of how high and forceful it crests, must eventually collapse within itself.
― Stefan Zweig
Wave
Collapse
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Health alone does not suffice. To be happy, to become creative, man must always be strengthened by faith in the meaning of his own existence.
― Stefan Zweig
Men
Creative
Doe
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Memory is so corrupt that you remember only what you want to; if you want to forget about something, slowly but surely you do.
― Stefan Zweig
Memories
Want
Remember
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Life is futile unless it be directed towards a definite goal.
― Stefan Zweig
Life
Goal
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One never gets to know a person's character better than by watching his behavior during decisive moments. It is always only danger which forces the most deeply hidden strengths and abilities of a human being to come forth.
― Stefan Zweig
Strength
Character
Human Nature
Stefan Zweig
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One must be convinced to convince, to have enthusiasm to stimulate the others.
― Stefan Zweig
Enthusiasm
Convince
Convinced
Stefan Zweig
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There is nothing more vindictive, nothing more underhanded, than a little world that would like to be a big one.
― Stefan Zweig
World
Littles
Vindictive
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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.
― Stefan Zweig
Party
Independent
Favors
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He who studies without passion will never become anything more than a pedant.
― Stefan Zweig
Passion
Learning
Pedants
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A word is nothing unless it has values and an atmosphere, unless you grasp its historical significance.
― Stefan Zweig
Historical
Atmosphere
Significance
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It would be foolhardy to count on the conscience of the world.
― Stefan Zweig
World
Foolhardy
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In history, the moments during which reason and reconciliation prevail are short and fleeting.
― Stefan Zweig
Fleeting
Moments
Reason
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Only the misfortune of exile can provide the in-depth understanding and the overview into the realities of the world.
― Stefan Zweig
Reality
Understanding
Depth
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