« All Philosophy Quotes · Frederic Chopin's Page
Philosophy Quotes by Frederic Chopin
- I feel like a novice, just as I felt before I knew anything of the keyboard. It is far too original, and I shall end…
- If I were still stupider than I am, I should think myself at the apex of my career; yet I know how much I still…
- Having nothing to do, I am correcting the Paris edition of Bach; not only the engraver's mistakes, but also the mistakes hallowed by those who…
- When one does a thing, it appears good, otherwise one would not write it. Only later comes reflection, and one discards or accepts the thing.…
- It is dreadful when something weighs on your mind, not to have a soul to unburden yourself to. You know what I mean. I tell…
- I wish I could throw off the thoughts which poison my happiness, and yet I take a kind of pleasure in indulging them.
More Philosophy Quotes
- Nothing we use or hear or touch can be expressed in words that equal what is given by the senses. — Hannah Arendt
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance. — Aristotle
- Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular. — Aristotle
- I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law. — Aristotle
- The end of labor is to gain leisure. — Aristotle
- Perception is reality. — Lee Atwater
- How much time he saves who does not look to see what his neighbor says or does or thinks. — Marcus Aurelius
- Be content with what you are, and wish not change; nor dread your last day, nor long for it. — Marcus Aurelius
- We live on the leash of our senses. — Diane Ackerman
- Here is the test to find whether your mission on Earth is finished: if you're alive, it isn't. — Richard Bach
- A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion. — Francis Bacon