Quote of the day
Every hand and every hour should be devoted to rescue the world from its insanity of guilt, and to assuage the pangs of human hearts with balm and anodyne. To pity distress is but human; to relieve it is Godlike.
Stefan Zweig
Born: November 28, 1881
Died: February 22, 1942 (aged 60)
Bio: 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.
Known for:
- The Royal Game (1941)
- The World of Yesterday (1942)
- Beware of Pity (1939)
- The Post-Office Girl
- 24 Hours in the Life of a Woman (1927)
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