"There are certain things in which mediocrity is not to be endured, such as poetry, music, painting, public speaking" — Jean de La Bruyère

Music, the greatest good that mortals know, and all of heaven we have below

Peace is the first thing the angels sang

Oh, love will make a dog howl in rhyme

Men, even when alone, lighten their labors by song, however rude it may be

There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats.

I value my garden more for being full of blackbirds than of cherries, and very frankly give them fruit for their songs

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