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| A great poet is the most precious jewel of a nation. | | Uncategorized | |
| Anyone who tells a lie has not a pure heart, and cannot make a good soup. | | Uncategorized | |
| Applaud friends, the comedy is over. (Said as he was dying) | | Uncategorized | |
| Art! Who comprehends her? With whom can one consult concerning this great goddess? | | Art | |
| Beethoven can write music, thank God, but he can do nothing else on earth. | | Uncategorized | |
| Do not let that trouble Your Excellency; perhaps the greetings are intended for me. | | Uncategorized | |
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| I am resolved to wander so long away from you until I can fly to your arms and say that I am really at home with you, and can send my soul enwrapped in you into the land of spirits. | | Uncategorized | |
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| I despise a world which does not feel that music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy | | Music | |
| Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy, it is the wine of a new procreation, and I am Bacchus who presses out this glorious wine for men and makes them drunk with the spirit. | | Uncategorized | |
| Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy. | | Music | |
| Music is mediator between spiritual and sensual life. | | Uncategorized | |
| Music is the mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life. | | Music | |
| Music is the one incorporeal entrance into the higher world of knowledge which comprehends mankind but which mankind cannot comprehend. | | Music | |
| Music is the wine which inspires one to new generative processes, and I am Bacchus who presses out this glorious wine for mankind and makes them spiritually drunken. | | Uncategorized | |
| Music should strike fire from the heart of man, and bring tears from the eyes of woman. | | Music | |
| My misfortune is doubly painful to me because it will result in my being misunderstood. For me there can be no recreation in the company of others, no intelligent conversation, no exchange of information with peers; only the most pressing needs can make me venture into society. I am obliged to live like an outcast. | | Uncategorized | |
| Never shall I forget the days I spent with you. Continue to be my friend, as you will always find me yours. | | Uncategorized | |
| No friend have I. I must live by myself alone; but I know well that God is nearer to me than others in my art, so I will walk fearlessly with Him. | | Relationship with God | |
