Zweig

Zweig

Zweig (German for "twig" or "branch") is the surname of:

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    Only ambition is fired by the coincidences of success and easy accomplishment but nothing is quite as splendidly uplifting to the heart as the defeat of a human being who battles against the invincible superiority of fate. This is always the most grandiose of all tragedies, one sometimes created by a dramatist but created thousands of times by life.
    —Stefan Zweig (18811942)

    Fate is never too generous—even to its favorites. Rarely do the gods grant a mortal more than one immortal deed.
    —Stefan Zweig (18811942)

    In history, the moments during which reason and reconciliation prevail are short and fleeting.
    —Stefan Zweig (18811942)