Famous Ludwig Beethoven Quotations

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"Recommend virtue to your children; it alone, not money, can make them happy. I speak from experience."
by Ludwig Beethoven
"Music is the mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life."
by Ludwig Beethoven
"Friends applaud, the comedy is over."
by Ludwig von Beethoven
"I have never thought of writing for reputation and honor. What I have in my heart must come out; that is the reason why I compose."
by Ludwig van Beethoven
"I wish you music to help with the burdens of life ,and to help you release your happiness to others."
by Ludwig van Beethoven
"I wish you all the good and charm that life can offer. Think of me kindly, and rest assured that no one would more rejoice to hear of your happiness."
by Ludwig van Beethoven
"Ludwig von Beethoven had never mastered the elements of arithmetic beyond addition and subtraction. A thirteen-year-old boy whom he had befriended tried unsuccessfully to teach him simple multiplication and division."
by Jan Ehrenwald.
"Music--the one incorporeal entrance into the higher world of knowledge, which comprehends mankind, but which mankind cannot comprehend."
by Ludwig van Beethoven
"Music, verily, is the mediator between intellectual and sensuous life... the one incorporeal entrance into the higher world of knowledge which comprehends mankind but which mankind cannot comprehend."
by Ludwig van Beethoven
"Music is a higher revelation than philosophy."
by Ludwig van Beethoven
"Music - The one incorporeal entrance into the higher world of knowledge which comprehends mankind but which mankind cannot comprehend."
by Ludwig van Beethoven
"Never forget the days I spent with you. Continue to be my friend, as you will always find me yours."
by Ludwig van Beethoven
"Never shall I forget the times I spent with you continue to be my friend, as you will always find me yours."
by Ludwig van Beethoven
"No one should drive a hard bargain with an artist."
by Ludwig von Beethoven
"Recommend virtue to your children it alone, not money, can make them happy. I speak from experience."
by Ludwig van Beethoven
"Recommend to your children virtue; that alone can make them happy, not gold."
by Ludwig van Beethoven
"Recommend to your children virtue that alone can make them happy, not gold."
by Ludwig van Beethoven
"We mortals with immortal minds are only born for sufferings and joys, and one could almost say that the most excellent receive joy through sufferings."
by Ludwig van Beethoven
"Never shall I forget the time I spent with you. Please continue to be my friend, as you will always find me yours."
by Ludwig van Beethoven
"My misfortune is doubly painful to me because it will result in my being misunderstood. For me there can be no recreation in the company of others, no intelligent conversation, no exchange of information with peers; only the most pressing needs can make me venture into society. I am obliged to live like an outcast."
by Ludwig van Beethoven
"The barriers are not erected which can say to aspiring talents and industry, Thus far and no farther."
by Ludwig van Beethoven


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