"Pity, like morphine, does the sick good only at first. It is a means of helping them to feel better, but if you don't get the dose right and know where to stop it becomes a murderous poison.” ― Stefan Zweig, Beware of Pity Beware of Pity is claimed as one of Zweig's masterpieces, and I couldn't agree more. This novel depicts terrible consequences of excessive pity in human relationship. The story starts with a young Austrian cavalry officer, Anton Hofmiller, who befriends a local millionaire, Kekesfalva, and his crippled daughter, Edith, out of pity. His pity for the Kekesfalvas is actually the weak and sentimental one, which is no more than the young... See More