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Pierre Beaumarchais1732–1799

Pierre Beaumarchais on music

Nowadays what isn’t worth saying is sung.

Pierre Beaumarchais

Often credited to Voltaire

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I hasten to laugh at everything, for fear of being obliged to weep.
Le Barbier de Séville (1773), Act I, sc. ii (Figaro). Harbottle and Dalbiac (1904) p. 63
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If music be the food of love, play on.
William Shakespeare1564–1616Twelfth Night (1601), Act I, scene i.In context
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Music makes one feel so romantic⁠—at least it always gets on one’s nerves⁠—which is the same thing nowadays.
Oscar Wilde1854–1900
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Talking about music is like dancing about architecture.
?UnattributedOften credited to Steve Martin

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