"Oh blessed a thousand times the peasant who……" — Giuseppe Verdi
"Oh blessed a thousand times the peasant who is born, eats and dies without anybody bothering about his affairs."
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Giuseppe Verdi
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11 Quotes by Giuseppe Verdi
Giuseppe Verdi has 11 quotes on this site.
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It is better to invert reality than to copy it.
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The success of our operas rests most of the time in the hands of the conductor. This person is as…
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The artist must yield himself to his own inspiration... I should compose with utter confidence a subject that set my…
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Through care taken over trends, the desire to be novel and affectation knowledge, we repudiate our art, our instinct, our…
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Our mistake, you see, was to write interminable large operas, which had to fill an entire evening. And now along…
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I adore art...when I am alone with my notes, my heart pounds and the tears stream from my eyes, and…
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Stupid criticism and still more stupid praise.
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A man like Verdi must write like Verdi.
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To copy the truth can be a good thing, but to invent the truth is better, much better.
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You may have the universe if I may have Italy.
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The more dubious and uncertain an instrument violence has become in international relations, the more it has gained in reputation…
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The proportion between the velocity with which men or animals move, and the weights they carry, is a matter of…
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The humanitarian would, of course, have us meddle in foreign affairs as part of his program of world service.
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Great love affairs start with Champagne and end with tisane.
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I wanted to be a neurologist. That seemed to be the most difficult, most intriguing, and the most important aspect…
— Roger Bannister
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Do not measure your loss by itself; if you do, it will seem intolerable; but if you will take all…
— Saint Basil
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Happiness includes chiefly the idea of satisfaction after full honest effort. No one can possibly be satisfied and no one…
— Arnold Bennett
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I started my music career at 18 and for a long while I let other people handle my affairs.
— Sophie Ellis Bextor
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Future. That period of time in which our affairs prosper, our friends are true and our happiness is assured.
— Ambrose Bierce
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Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.
— Ambrose Bierce
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A total abstainer is one who abstains from everything but abstention, and especially from inactivity in the affairs of others.
— Ambrose Bierce
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Alas for the affairs of men! When they are fortunate you might compare them to a shadow; and if they…
— Aeschylus
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