Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything.

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Cunning... is but the low mimic of wisdom.

Cunning... is but the low mimic of wisdom.

At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.

At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.

Poets utter great and wise things which they do not themselves understand.

Poets utter great and wise things which they do not themselves understand.

Democracy... is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder; and dispensing a...

Democracy... is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder; and dispensing a...

Injustice is censured because the censures are afraid of suffering, and not from any fear...

Injustice is censured because the censures are afraid of suffering, and not from any fear...

Must not all things at the last be swallowed up in death?

Must not all things at the last be swallowed up in death?

Some love one, some love two. I love one, and that is you.

Some love one, some love two. I love one, and that is you.

Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people...

Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people...

Someday, in the distant future, our grandchildren's grandchildren will develop a new equivalent of our...

Someday, in the distant future, our grandchildren's grandchildren will develop a new equivalent of our...

The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself; to be conquered by yourself is...

The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself; to be conquered by yourself is...

This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first...

This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first...

You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a...

You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a...

Love is the joy of the good, the wonder of the wise, the amazement of...

Love is the joy of the good, the wonder of the wise, the amazement of...

This I know - that I know nothing.

This I know - that I know nothing.

The wise are doubtful.

The wise are doubtful.

Thinking: the talking of the soul with itself.

Thinking: the talking of the soul with itself.

When men speak ill of thee, live so as nobody may believe them.

When men speak ill of thee, live so as nobody may believe them.

At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.

At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.

I repeat, not the man does it, because he has nothing to say on his...

I repeat, not the man does it, because he has nothing to say on his...

But true love is a durable fire, In the mind ever burning, Never sick, never...

But true love is a durable fire, In the mind ever burning, Never sick, never...