Author of quotes: Stefan Zweig

Fear is worse than punishment, because punishment is always something definite, and whether it is heavy or light, it is still better than unbearable uncertainty, than the terrible infinity of waiting.

Peace is an integral element of creativity. He collects, he purifies, he organizes internal forces, he reunites everything scattered by wild movement. If a bottle of liquid is shaken and then placed again, the impurity will settle to the bottom; so in a person who suddenly finds himself outside of a restless, hectic life, silence and reflection more clearly crystallize his character.

Or you can not think at all, just be blissful, feeling that time belongs to you, and not you - to time.

Like, poverty is not a vice. But this is not true, poverty is shameful, if you cannot hide it, and there is nothing to be done, it is still a shame...

Old people, who know best how true this is, prefer to talk about their victories rather than their weaknesses. They do not want to seem ridiculous, but these are just the swings of the pendulum of eternal fate.

I still think that she was not his wife: they seemed too in love with each other.

There is no temptation stronger, more destructive and more tempting than to light the first fire in the eyes of a girl.

In the presence of such fluctuations, any department first of all resorts to the protocol. Protocol is always good. If it does not bring any benefit, then it cannot harm, and one more will be added to the millions of senselessly scribbled sheets of paper.

What is not in one place will be found in another; who has a head on his shoulders, that and happiness.

The French court is a great connoisseur of noble customs, he knows to the subtlety the rules of a mysterious science called etiquette.

Again - and not for the last time - someone else's will determines and changes her fate.

But such is the irony of fate: as soon as a clear, reasonable idea shines in politics as an exception, it is distorted by its stupid execution.

But politics does not take into account feelings, it only takes into account the crown, state and inheritance rights. A separate person does not exist for her, he does not mean anything in comparison with the imaginary and real goals of the world game.

To be in love and there's nothing better than those quiet moments, full of troubles, lungs dreams.