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“The true artist is not proud, he unfortunately sees that art has no limits; he feels darkly how far he is from the goal; and though he may be admired by others, he is sad not to have reached that point to which his better genius only appears as a distant, guiding sun. I would, perhaps, rather come to you and your people, than to many rich folk who display inward poverty.”
― Beethoven's Letters
― Beethoven's Letters
“Even in our sleep, pain which cannot forget
falls drop by drop upon the heart
until, in our own despair, against our will,
comes wisdom through the awful grace of God.”
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falls drop by drop upon the heart
until, in our own despair, against our will,
comes wisdom through the awful grace of God.”
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“...in the intoxication of falling, man was prone to believe himself propelled upward.”
― The Death of Virgil
― The Death of Virgil
“If we had no faults we should not take so much pleasure in noting those of others.”
― Maxims
― Maxims
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