The Prince stood beside the timpanist to count his rests for him and see that he came in in the right place. I suppressed all the trumpet passages which were clearly beyond the players' grasp. The solitary trombone was left to his own devices; but as he wisely confined himself to the notes with which he was thoroughly familiar, such as A flat, D and F, and was careful to avoid all others, his success in the role was almost entirely a silent one. Hector Berlioz
Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You.
-
Dr. Seuss
The world is a tragedy to those who feel, but a comedy to those who think.
-
Horace Walpole
Life is a comedy to those who think, a tragedy to those who feel.
-
Jean Racine
Life is a drama full of tragedy and comedy. You should learn to enjoy the comic episodes a little more.
-
Jeannette Walls
Life doesn't make any sense, and we all pretend it does. Comedy's job is to point out that it doesn't make sense, and that it doesn't make much difference anyway.
-
Eric Idle
More Quotes By Hector Berlioz
Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its students."]
Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its stud
Life when one first arrives is a continual mortification as one's romantic illusions are successively shattered and the musical treasure-house of one's imagination crumbles before the hopelessness of the reality. Every day fresh experiences bring fresh disappointments.
...imagine anybody having lived forty-five or fifty years without knowing Hamlet! One might as well spend one's life in a coal mine.
The Prince stood beside the timpanist to count his rests for him and see that he came in in the right place. I suppressed all the trumpet passages which were clearly beyond the players' grasp. The solitary trombone was left to his own devices; but...
