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There is no understanding of the past without personal experience,…
Quote byStefan Zweig · 1881–1942
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Confusion of Feelings or Confusion: The Private Papers of Privy Councillor R. Von D (1927).
English (original)
There is no understanding of the past without personal experience, without reliving it in imagination. A word is nothing unless it has values and an atmosphere, unless you grasp its historical significance.
— Stefan Zweig
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