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Going to the opera, like getting drunk, is a sin that carries its

Going to the opera, like getting drunk, is a sin that carries its own punishment with it. – Hannah More

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Forgiveness is the economy of the heart… forgiveness saves the expense of anger, the cost of hatred, the waste of spirits. – Hannah More

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Genius without religion is only a lamp on the outer gate of a palace it may serve to cast a gleam of light on those that are without, while the inhabitant sits in darkness. – Hannah More

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If faith produce no works, I see That faith is not a living tree. Thus faith and works together grow, No separate life they never can know. Theyre soul and body, hand and heart, What God hath joined, let no man part. – Hannah More

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If I werent reasonably placid, I dont think I could cope with this sort of life. To be a diva, youve got to be absolutely like a horse. – Joan Sutherland

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I love Italian opera — its so reckless. Damn Wagner, and his bellowings at Fate and death. Damn Debussy, and his averted face. I like the Italians who run all on impulse, and dont care about their immortal souls, and dont worry about the ultimate. – D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

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A Librettist is a mere drudge in the world of opera. – Robertson Davies

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I never was an opera fan — about twenty-five musically supreme masterpieces in this curious medium apart. – Hans Keller

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