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I love a tree more than a man.
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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Oh you men who think or say that I am malevolent, stubborn, or misanthropic, how greatly do you wrong me. You do not know the secret cause which makes me seem that way to you. Oh how harshly was I flung back by the doubly sad experience of my bad hearing.
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The Music is the only corporeal introduction to the superior world of Knowledge.
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We mortals with immortal minds are only born for sufferings and joys, and one could almost say that the most excellent receive joy through sufferings.
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From the glow of enthusiasm I let the melody escape.
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To play without passion is inexcusable!
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It seemed unthinkable for me to leave the world forever before I had produced all that I felt called upon to produce
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I don't want to know anything about your system of ethics. Strength is the morality of the man who stands out from the rest, and it is mine.
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Love, and love alone, is capable of giving thee a happier life.
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This is not a brook [Bach means brook in German], it's an ocean.
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We all make mistakes, but everyone makes different mistakes
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When I open my eyes I must sigh, for what I see is contrary to my religion, and I must despise the world which does not know that music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.
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Art! Who comprehends her? With whom can one consult concerning this great goddess?
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I liked your opera. I think I will set it to music.
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Handel is the greatest composer that ever lived... I would uncover my head and kneel down on his tomb.
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All my life I have regarded myself as one of Mozart's greatest admirers, and I will remain one until my last breath.
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One must not hold one's self so divine as to be unwilling occasionally to make improvements in one's creations.
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Richard Wagner commenting on the music of Ludvig Van Beethoven: He was a Titan, wrestling with the Gods.
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Recommend virtue to your children, that alone - not wealth - can give happiness. It upholds in adversity and the thought of it and my art prevents me from putting an end to my life.
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Men are not only together when they are with each other even the distant and the dead live with us.
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