The reader's impression is one of a dream - the only thing that's left upon waking is the memory of a melody at the end of a concert.
Some men storm imaginary Alps all their lives, and die in the foothills cursing difficulties which do not exist.
A man has a right to think lots of things he has no right to say.
Men are a good deal better collectively than they are individually. Many a man will do that privately which he will denounce in a crowd.
Good manners do more for a man that good looks.
The sounder your argument, the more satisfaction you get out of it.
Probably you have noted the resemblance of the critic to the crank.
Job endured everything - until his friends came to comfort him, then he grew impatient.
As small as it may seem, a good deed is always worth the doing.
Opinion in all parts of the world would agree that Rachmaninoff is the most complete of living masters of the instrument; his technique is comprehensive, and he is, of course, musical to his bone's marrow. Most important of all, he is a composer, and for this reason he is able to approach a work as none of his pianist contemporaries can approach one - that is, from the inside, as an organic and felt creative process.
We cannot do everything in Africa, but doing nothing is not an option.