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Love, And Love Alone, Is Capable Of Giving Thee A Happier Life.

Men Are Not Only Together When They Are With Each Other; Even The Distant And The Dead Live With Us.

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.

Applaud My Friends, The Comedy Is Over... [on His Death Bed]

Music Is The Mediator Between The Spiritual And The Sensual Life. Although The Spirit Be Not Master Of That Which It Creates Through Music, Yet It Is Blessed In This Creation, Which, Like Every Creation Of Art, Is Mightier Than The Artist.