More from Ludwig van Beethoven

  1. This [pointing to his head] and this [pointing to his heart] is my nobility.
  2. To sing a wrong note is insignificant, but to sing without passion is unforgivable.
  3. There lies somehing revolutionary in the music.
  4. What you are, you are by accident of birth; what I am, I am by myself. There are and always will be thousands of princes, but there is only…
  5. The barriers are not erected which can say to aspiring talents and industry, 'Thus far and no farther.'
  6. My music is music about music.
  7. Recommend virtue to your children; it alone, not money, can make them happy. I speak from experience.
  8. We mortals with immortal minds are only born for sufferings and joys, and one could almost say that the most excellent receive joy through …

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