4 Quotes & Sayings By Hilda Van Stockum

Hilda van Stockum was born in the Netherlands and took piano lessons from the age of three. At the age of twelve she went to a special school for gifted children and began studying composition with a private teacher. In her teens she played various musical instruments and studied singing, but it was only later that she began composing her own music. In 1945 Hilda van Stockum heard a radio performance of Arnold Schoenberg's Gurre-Lieder, which inspired her to write her first song cycle entitled 'Wintertide.'

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It is much easier to believe lies than the truth." "Why?" asked Janna. "Because lies are manufactured to satisfy the emotions. A mother would rather believe her pretty girl lazy than accept the fact that she's a dumb cluck. Germans would rather believe they were stabbed in the back than that they lost a fair fight. And anyone would rather blame someone else for his misfortunes. The truth is hard. Don't fool with it unless you realize that. . Hilda Van Stockum
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She thought it must be a lonely life for a boy who hated books. Hilda Van Stockum
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Knowledge is a matter of knowing facts. Wisdom is a matter of understanding and applying principles. A certain amount of knowledge is necessary for wisdom, and without wisdom, knowledge is not only useless, it's dangerous. Hilda Van Stockum