"God's gift to his sorrowing creatures is a joy worthy of their destiny."
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Johann Sebastian Bach quotes (page 2 of 2)
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"I was made to work. If you are equally industrious, you will be equally successful."
"A Composition on the Piano"
"I have always kept one end in view, namely ... to conduct a well-regulated church music to the honour of God."
"Bring me coffee before I turn into a goat!"
"My masters are strange folk with very little care for music in them."
"What I have achieved by industry and practice, anyone else with tolerable natural gift and ability can also achieve."
"On one of those rare occasions when Bach appraised his own life's work, he remarked: I worked hard."
"My present post amounts to about 700 thaler, and when there are rather more funerals than usual, the fees rise in proportion; but when a healthy wind blows, they fall accordingly."