Music, even in situations of the greatest horror, should never be painful to the ear but should flatter and charm it, and thereby always remain music.

Quote by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Topics: Music Quotes, Pain Quotes

As death, when we come to consider it closely, is the true goal of our...

As death, when we come to consider it closely, is the true goal of our...

I thank my God for graciously granting me the opportunity of learning that death is...

I thank my God for graciously granting me the opportunity of learning that death is...

One must not make oneself cheap here - that is a cardinal point - or...

One must not make oneself cheap here - that is a cardinal point - or...

Nor do I hear in my imagination the parts successively, I hear them all at...

Nor do I hear in my imagination the parts successively, I hear them all at...

I pay no attention whatever to anybody's praise or blame. I simply follow my own...

I pay no attention whatever to anybody's praise or blame. I simply follow my own...

Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together go to the making...

Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together go to the making...

Nevertheless the passions, whether violent or not, should never be so expressed as to reach...

Nevertheless the passions, whether violent or not, should never be so expressed as to reach...

When I am traveling in a carriage, or walking after a good meal, or during...

When I am traveling in a carriage, or walking after a good meal, or during...

It is a great consolation for me to remember that the Lord, to whom I...

It is a great consolation for me to remember that the Lord, to whom I...

Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together go to the making...

Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together go to the making...

In the republic of mediocrity, genius is dangerous

In the republic of mediocrity, genius is dangerous

Jealousy is the tribute mediocrity pays to genius.

Jealousy is the tribute mediocrity pays to genius.

There is no work of genius which has not been the delight of mankind, no...

There is no work of genius which has not been the delight of mankind, no...

Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius.

Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius.

We will discover the nature of our particular genius when we stop trying to conform...

We will discover the nature of our particular genius when we stop trying to conform...

Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.

Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.

Eveyone is a genius at least once a year. A real genius has his original...

Eveyone is a genius at least once a year. A real genius has his original...

Eccentricities of genius.

Eccentricities of genius.

A harmless hilarity and a buoyant cheerfulness are not infrequent concomitants of genius; and we...

A harmless hilarity and a buoyant cheerfulness are not infrequent concomitants of genius; and we...

Ridicule is the Burden of Genius.

Ridicule is the Burden of Genius.

An intellectual is someone who has found something more interesting than sex.

An intellectual is someone who has found something more interesting than sex.