When I wished to sing of love, it turned to sorrow. And when I wished to sing of sorrow, it was transformed for me into love.
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I never force myself to be devout except when I feel so inspired, and never compose hymns of prayers unless I feel within me real and true devotion.Franz Schubert
The manager is to be blamed who distributes parts to his players which they are unable to act.
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Nobody understands another's sorrow, and nobody another's joy.
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I try to decorate my imagination as much as I can.
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Happy is the man who finds a true friend, and far happier is he who finds that true friend in his wife.
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Why should the composer be more guilty than the poet who warms to fantasy by a strange flame, making an idea that inspires him the subject of his own very different treatment?
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