"le piano concentre et résume en lui l'art tout entier..."
Franz Liszt
"Oh, son, I wish you hadn’t become a scenario writer!" she sniffled.
"Aw, now, Moms," I comforted her, "it’s no worse than playing the piano in a call house."S. J. Perelman
If we accomplish a good deed, a charity in the hope of (getting...) future rewards, or with a more or less confessed (or admitted) ulterior motive to profit from personal advantages ("d'en retirer quelque avantage personnel", Fr.), we are probably doing a useful thing, but which is devoided of any ("tout", Fr.) truly moral character (or disposition)" - p .39
African Spir
We are in a troublesome period, and some "nonsense" as you term it — but this is a great nation with a high purpose, and we shall come to our senses and resume our course.
Harry S. Truman
Messieurs, nous avons un maître, ce jeune homme fait tout, peut tout, et veut tout.
Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyes
Messieurs, nous avons un maître, ce jeune homme fait tout, peut tout, et veut tout.
Napoleon Bonaparte
Liszt, Franz
Littlewood, John Edensor
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