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The three most celebrated doctors on the island have been to see me. One sniffed at what I spat, the second tapped where I spat from, and the third sounded me and listened as I spat. The first said I was dead, the second that I was dying and the third that I'm going to die.

Frederic Chopin
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Frederic Chopin's Popular Quotes

Sometimes I can only groan, and suffer, and pour out my despair at the piano.

- Frederic Chopin

I tell my piano the things I used to tell you

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Nothing is more beautiful than a guitar, except, possibly two.

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Simplicity is the highest goal, achievable when you have overcome all difficulties.

- Frederic Chopin

Nothing is more odious than music without hidden meaning.

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Even in winter it shall be green in my heart.

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The last thing is simplicity. After having gone through all the difficulties, having played an endless number of notes, it is simplicity that matters…

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Bach is like an astronomer who, with the help of ciphers, finds the most wonderful stars . . . Beethoven embraced the universe with the power of his …

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Time is the best of critics; and patience the best of teachers.

- Frederic Chopin
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