"Nothing is more futile than theorizing about music.……" — Heinrich Heine
"Nothing is more futile than theorizing about music. No doubt there are laws, mathematically strict laws, but these laws are not music; they are only its conditions? The essence of music is revelation."
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172 Quotes by Heinrich Heine
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What lies lurk in kisses.
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True eloquence consists in saying all that is necessary, and nothing but what is necessary.
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Poverty sits by the cradle of all our great men and rocks all of them to manhood.
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There is one thing on earth more terrible than English music, and that is English painting.
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She resembles the Venus de Milo: she is very old, has no teeth, and has white spots on her yellow…
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I have a most peaceable disposition. My desires are for a modest hut, a thatched roof, but a good bed,…
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In the image of the lion made He kittens small and curious.
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Human misery is too great for men to do without faith.
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Like a great poet, Nature knows how to produce the greatest effects with the most limited means.
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Talking and eloquence are not the same: to speak and to speak well are two things. A fool may talk,…
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Oh, what lies there are in kisses.
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Atheism is the last word of theism
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More Conditions Quotes
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Under conditions of tyranny it is far easier to act than to think.
— Hannah Arendt
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Economic growth may one day turn out to be a curse rather than a good, and under no conditions can…
— Hannah Arendt
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The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently;…
— Aristotle
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I am not interested in the afterlife. Religion is supposed to be about losing your ego, not preserving it eternally…
— Karen Armstrong
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We shouldn't be saying 'Save the planet'; we should be saying: 'Save viable conditions in which people can live.' That's…
— Margaret Atwood
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Property may be destroyed and money may lose its purchasing power; but, character, health, knowledge and good judgement will always…
— Roger Babson
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You can talk about capitalism and communism and all that sort of thing, but the important thing is the struggle…
— Bernard Baruch
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It is impious to say that evil has its origin from God, because naught contrary is produced by the contrary.…
— Saint Basil
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Any man who does not accept the conditions of life sells his soul.
— Charles Baudelaire
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Old-fashioned ways which no longer apply to changed conditions are a snare in which the feet of women have always…
— Jane Addams
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As the scene of life would be more the cold emptiness of space than the warm, dense atmosphere of planets,…
— John Desmond Bernal
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One of the great advantages of cremation - apart from all sanitary conditions - lies in the swift restoration to…
— Annie Besant
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