Ambrose Bierce on music

Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.

Ocean: A body of water occupying 2/3 of a world made for man…who has no gills.

All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusions is called a philosopher.

If music be the food of love, play on.

William Shakespeare1564–1616Twelfth Night (1601), Act I, scene i.In context

• Love

Music makes one feel so romantic⁠—at least it always gets on one’s nerves⁠—which is the same thing nowadays.

Oscar Wilde1854–1900

• Love

Talking about music is like dancing about architecture.