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"As much as we seek approval, we dread condemnation"

"I much prefer the sharpest criticism of a single intelligent man to the thoughtless approval of the masses."

"That does not mean that we must forego just and fair criticism, or refrain from opposition to policies which are debatable or which do not command our approval."
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"Every night when I go to bed, I hope that I may never wake again, and every morning renews my grief."

"One bites into the brass mouthpiece of his wooden cudgel, and the other blows his cheeks out on a French horn. Do you call that Art?"

"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?"

"Our castle is not imposing, but is well built, and surrounded by a very fine garden. I live in the bailiff's house."

"You believe happiness to be derived from the place in which once you have been happy, but in truth it is centered in ourselves."

"Happy is the man who finds a true friend, and far happier is he who finds that true friend in his wife."

"There are eight girls in the house in which I am living, and practically all of them are good looking. You can realize that I am kept busy."

"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."

"No one feels another's grief, no one understands another's joy. People imagine they can reach one another. In reality they only pass each other by."
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