Quote #2879
He who requires urging to do a noble act will never accomplish it.
Quote #8931
I answer the heroic question ‘Death, where is thy sting’ with ‘It is here...
Quote #13874
I’d like to see a nude opera, because when they hit those high notes...
Quote #21271
We all have strength enough to endure the misfortunes of others.
Quote #8058
I hold it, that a little rebellion, now and then, is a good thing,...
Quote #7981
Read over your compositions, and wherever you meet with a passage which you think...
Quote #9370
Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding.
Quote #18744
I am a deeply superficial person.
Quote #1111
The most original authors are not so because they advance what is new, but...
Quote #2416
If destruction be our lot we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As...