People Of Talent Resemble A Musical Instrument

Austrian Soldiers Are Like Horses: Brave But Easily Frightened.

Since People No Longer Attend Church, Theater Remains As The Only Public Service, And Literature As The Only Private Devotion.

Never Expect Any Recognition Here--the System Prohibits It. The Cross Is Not Affixed To The Genius, No, The Genius Is Affixed To The Cross.

Why I Love The Ancients So Much? Aside From Everything Else, When I Read Them, The Entire Past Between Them And Me Unfolds At Thesame Time. The Hearts Of How Many Heroes And Poets May Have Been Set On Fire By Plutarch's Biographies Which Now Inspire Me With Their Own And With Borrowed Flames!

Mozart Starved, But You Allow Thalberg And Liszt Make Tons Of Gold: Of Course, You May Think That Someone Immortal Cannot Die Of Hunger