--- title: "1 Napoleon Iii Quotes By Franz Liszt" description: "1 Napoleon Iii quotes by Franz Liszt. Plus more from Franz Liszt and more Napoleon Iii sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/696/franz-liszt-13192_extremely-sad_if-the-empire-were-to-collapse-i-should_1991985.jpg" --- > [“If the empire were to collapse, I should personally feel extremely sad. I absolutely do not believe that the personal rule of Napoleon III has been corrupting and oppressive for France-but quite the contrary, it is demonstrably necessary, conciliatory, progressive,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franz-liszt/if-the-empire-were-to-collapse-i-should-personally-feel-extremely-sad/) [Franz Liszt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franz-liszt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/696/franz-liszt-13192_extremely-sad_if-the-empire-were-to-collapse-i-should_1991985.jpg) ## More by Franz Liszt > [“I love you sometimes foolishly and at these moments I do not understand that I could not, would not, and should not be so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franz-liszt/i-love-you-sometimes-foolishly-and-at-these-moments-i-do-not/) [Franz Liszt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franz-liszt/) > [I conclude that the Wagnerian operas which are already in the repertoire, and other masterworks as well, stand in no further need of my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franz-liszt/i-conclude-that-the-wagnerian-operas-which-are-already-in-the/) [Franz Liszt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franz-liszt/) > [Companions, in misery and worse, that is what we all are, and to try to change this substantially avails us nothing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franz-liszt/companions-in-misery-and-worse-that-is-what-we-all-are-and-to-try-to/) [Franz Liszt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franz-liszt/) > [Life is only a long and bitter suicide, and faith alone can transform this suicide into a sacrifice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franz-liszt/life-is-only-a-long-and-bitter-suicide-and-faith-alone-can-transform/) [Franz Liszt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franz-liszt/) > [Brahms' Variations are better than mine, but mine were written before his.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franz-liszt/brahms-variations-are-better-than-mine-but-mine-were-written-before/) [Franz Liszt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franz-liszt/) > [It is my fervent wish and my greatest ambition to leave a work with a few useful instructions for the pianists after me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franz-liszt/it-is-my-fervent-wish-and-my-greatest-ambition-to-leave-a-work-with-a/) [Franz Liszt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franz-liszt/) > [Music embodies feeling without forcing it to contend and combine with thought, as it is forced in most arts and especially in the art…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franz-liszt/music-embodies-feeling-without-forcing-it-to-contend-and-combine-with/) [Franz Liszt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franz-liszt/) > [A person of any mental quality has ideas of his own. This is common sense.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franz-liszt/a-person-of-any-mental-quality-has-ideas-of-his-own-this-is-common/) [Franz Liszt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franz-liszt/) > [Supreme serenity still remains the Ideal of great Art. The shapes and transitory forms of life are but stages toward this Ideal, which Christ's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franz-liszt/supreme-serenity-still-remains-the-ideal-of-great-art-the-shapes-and/) [Franz Liszt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franz-liszt/) > [The music of the Gypsies belongs in the sphere of improvisation rather than in any other, without which it would have no power to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franz-liszt/the-music-of-the-gypsies-belongs-in-the-sphere-of-improvisation/) [Franz Liszt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franz-liszt/) > [Music is never stationary; successive forms and styles are only like so many resting-places - like tents pitched and taken down again on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franz-liszt/music-is-never-stationary-successive-forms-and-styles-are-only-like/) [Franz Liszt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franz-liszt/) > [I foster a sorrowful conception of affection. Make no sacrifices.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franz-liszt/i-foster-a-sorrowful-conception-of-affection-make-no-sacrifices/) [Franz Liszt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franz-liszt/) > [Truth is a great flirt.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franz-liszt/truth-is-a-great-flirt/) [Franz Liszt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franz-liszt/) > [We need improvement in the style of performance. There is no more advantage in a musician who plays and conducts than in one who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franz-liszt/we-need-improvement-in-the-style-of-performance-there-is-no-more/) [Franz Liszt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franz-liszt/) > [Real men are sadly lacking in this world, for when they are put to the test they prove worthless.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franz-liszt/real-men-are-sadly-lacking-in-this-world-for-when-they-are-put-to-the/) [Franz Liszt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franz-liszt/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/napoleon-iii/franz-liszt/#itemlist", "name": "1 Napoleon Iii Quotes By Franz Liszt", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“If the empire were to collapse, I should personally feel extremely sad. 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