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> [I know nothing new except that Herr Gellert, the Leipzig poet, is dead, and has written no more poetry since his death.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart/i-know-nothing-new-except-that-herr-gellert-the-leipzig-poet-is-dead/)

[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart/)

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## More by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

> [“The only thing--I tell you this straight from the heart--that disgusts me in Salzburg is that one can't have any proper social intercourse with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart/the-only-thing-i-tell-you-this-straight-from-the-heart-that-disgusts/)

[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart/)

> [Even when I can play Europe's most precious keyboard, to have to listen to people who don't understand, or do not want to understand,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart/even-when-i-can-play-europe-s-most-precious-keyboard-to-have-to/)

[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart/)

> [How sad it is that these great gentlemen should believe what anyone tells them and do not choose to judge for themselves! But it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart/how-sad-it-is-that-these-great-gentlemen-should-believe-what-anyone/)

[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart/)

> [When I am travelling in a carriage, or walking after a good meal, or during the night when I cannot sleep; it is on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart/when-i-am-travelling-in-a-carriage-or-walking-after-a-good-meal-or/)

[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart/)

> [Just as people behave to me, so do I behave to them. When I see that a person despises me and treats me with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart/just-as-people-behave-to-me-so-do-i-behave-to-them-when-i-see-that-a/)

[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart/)

> [God is ever before my eyes. I realize his omnipotence and I fear His anger; but I also recognize his compassion, and His tenderness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart/god-is-ever-before-my-eyes-i-realize-his-omnipotence-and-i-fear-his/)

[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart/)

> [I should like to know for what reason idleness is so popular with many young people that it is impossible to dissuade them from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart/i-should-like-to-know-for-what-reason-idleness-is-so-popular-with/)

[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart/)

> [“Stay with me to-night; you must see me die. I have long had the taste of death on my tongue, I smell death, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart/stay-with-me-to-night-you-must-see-me-die-i-have-long-had-the-taste/)

[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart/)

> [As death, when we come to consider it closely, is the true goal of our existence . . .](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart/as-death-when-we-come-to-consider-it-closely-is-the-true-goal-of-our/)

[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart/)

> [Now let the matter rest as it is, or as it may be, what avail useless speculations? What is to occur we do not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart/now-let-the-matter-rest-as-it-is-or-as-it-may-be-what-avail-useless/)

[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart/)

> [Music, in even the most terrible situations, must never offend the ear but always remain a source of pleasure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart/music-in-even-the-most-terrible-situations-must-never-offend-the-ear/)

[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart/)

> [“It is a mistake to think that the practice of my art has become easy to me. I assure you, dear friend, no one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart/it-is-a-mistake-to-think-that-the-practice-of-my-art-has-become-easy/)

[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart/)

> [Now there is music from which a man can learn something.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart/now-there-is-music-from-which-a-man-can-learn-something/)

[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart/)

> [Versification is, indeed, indispensable for music, but rhyme, solely for rhyming's sake, most pernicious.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart/versification-is-indeed-indispensable-for-music-but-rhyme-solely-for/)

[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart/)

> [Our riches, being in our brains, die with us... Unless of course someone chops off our head, in which case, we won't need them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart/our-riches-being-in-our-brains-die-with-us-unless-of-course-someone/)

[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart/)

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