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Stefan Zweig [1881-1942] Austrian

Rank: 105
Writer, Novelist

Stefan Zweig was an Austrian novelist, playwright, journalist and biographer. At the height of his literary career, in the 1920s and 1930s, he was one of the most popular writers in the world.

Art, History, Leadership, Peace, Power, War, Work

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Only the misfortune of exile can provide the in-depth understanding and the overview into the realities of the world.		101
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.	Art, Power, Work	102
The free, independent spirit who commits himself to no dogma and will not decide in favor of any party has no homestead on earth.		103
One must be convinced to convince, to have enthusiasm to stimulate the others.	Leadership	104
Every wave, regardless of how high and forceful it crests, must eventually collapse within itself.		105
Often the presence of mind and energy of a person remote from the spotlight decide the course of history for centuries to come.	History	106
Only the person who has experienced light and darkness, war and peace, rise and fall, only that person has truly experienced life.	Peace, War	107
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.		108
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.		109
The idea of Jewish unity, of a plan, an organization, unfortunately exists only in the brains of Hitler and Streicher.		110
Now I am discovering the world once more. England has widened my horizon.		111
It would be foolhardy to count on the conscience of the world.		112
Fate is never too generous even to its favorites. Rarely do the gods grant a mortal more than one immortal deed.		113
There is no sense to a sacrifice after you come to feel that it is a sacrifice.		114
When they are preparing for war, those who rule by force speak most copiously about peace until they have completed the mobilization process.		115
In history, the moments during which reason and reconciliation prevail are short and fleeting.		116

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