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The world is a king, and like a king, desires flattery in return for favor but true art is selfish and perverse — it will not submit to the mold of flattery.

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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