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To live content with small means, to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement...
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The extreme limit of wisdom–that is what the public calls madness.
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I have learned throughout my life as a composer chiefly through my mistakes and...
Quote #18581
I know of no great men except those who have rendered great service to...
Quote #9916
Destiny waits alike for the free man as well as for him enslaved by...
Quote #21760
To be one’s self, and unafraid whether right or wrong, is more admirable than...
Quote #9376
How I wish that somewhere there existed an island for those who are wise...
Quote #18113
Knowledge without know-how is sterile. We use the word ‘academic’ in a pejorative sense...
Quote #7396
This is courage in a man to bear unflinchingly what heaven sends.
Quote #9287
Few are those who see with their own eyes and feel with their own...