Occupation: Composer Birth: January 31, 1797 Death: November 19, 1828
My compositions spring from my sorrows. Those that give the world the greatest delight were born of my deepest griefs..
The greatest misfortune of the wise man and the greatest unhappiness of the fool are based upon convention..
You believe happiness to be derived from the place in which once you have been happy, but in truth it is centered in ourselves..
Every night when I go to bed, I hope that I may never wake again, and every morning renews my grief..