As high as mind stands above nature, so high does the state stand above physical life. Man must therefore venerate the state as a secular deity. The march of God in the world, that is what the State is.
Georg Hegel
I want there to be no peasant in my kingdom so poor that he cannot have a chicken in his pot every Sunday.
Henry IV
Nothing right can be accomplished in art without enthusiasm.
Robert Schumann
The essence of the beautiful is unity in variety.
Felix Mendelssohn
Never look at the Trombones, you'll only encourage them.
Richard Strauss
Never look at the trombones, it only encourages them.