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Quote of Hans Christian Andersen - Where words fail, music speaks....


Biography - Hans Christian Andersen:

Danish author.
Born: 1805 - Died: 1875
Period:
19th century
Place of birth: Denmark
Denmark

Where words fail, music speaks.


Where words fail, music speaks.



Translation

Translation

(German, French)



German
Musik spricht dort, wo Worte fehlen.

French
Là où les mots manquent, la musique parle.




See also 

See also...



Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.




Quotes for: music


Quotes

Quotes about music:


Without music, life would be a mistake.





Music before all else.





Architecture in general is frozen music.





Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.





If music be the food of love, play on.





Music is the pleasure the human mind experiences from counting without being aware that it is counting.











Quotes for: word


Quotes

Quotes for: word


The word flies and cannot be recalled.





One word and all is saved
One word and all is lost.






Words are but symbols for the relations of things to one another and to us; nowhere do they touch upon absolute truth.





Finding the right words at the right moment is action.





The language of friendship is not words but meanings.





The meaning of a word is its use in the language.











Quotes

Hans Christian Andersen also said...


“But he has nothing on at all,” said a little child at last.





"Just living is not enough," said the butterfly, "one must have sunshine, freedom and a little flower."





Life is the most wonderful fairy tale.





To travel is to live.





The world is not so bad after all, if you know how to take things as they come.












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