God help us -- for art is long, and life so short.
("Faust")
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Existence is God.
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The effects of good music are not just because it's new on the contrary music strikes us more the more familiar we are with it.
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The beginning of faith is the beginning of fruitfulness But the beginning of unbelief, however glittering, is empty.
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I bethought me of my duty,
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