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Don't only practice your art, but force your way into its secrets art deserves that, for it and knowledge can raise man to the Divine.

Ludwig van Beethoven

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Ludwig van Beethoven
Age: 56 †
Born: 1770
Born: December 16
Died: 1827
Died: March 26
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