Beethoven can write music, thank God, but he can do nothing else on earth.

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Recommend to your children virtue that alone can make them happy, not gold.

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Recommend to your children virtue; that alone can make them happy, not gold.

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Tones sound, and roar and storm about me until I have set them down in notes.

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Nothing is more intolerable than to have to admit to yourself your own errors.

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This is the mark of a really admirable man: steadfastness in the face of trouble.

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Art! Who comprehends her? With whom can one consult concerning this great goddess?

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Music should strike fire from the heart of man, and bring tears form the eyes of woman.

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I live only in my music, and one composition is hardly finished before another is already begun.

Ludwig van Beethoven in letter to Franz Gerhard Wegeler (29 June 1800)
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Never forget the days I spent with you. Continue to be my friend, as you will always find me yours.

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