"Man is never always happy, and very often only a brief period of happiness is granted him in this world; so why escape from this dream which cannot last long?"

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Source: The opera reader. Book by Louis Leopold Biancolli (p. 271), 1953.

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Frederic Chopin

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Frederic Chopin was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist, known for his emotive piano works that express profound feelings of love and longing.

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