Poor devils! Where do these unfortunate creatures come from… - Hector Berlioz

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Poor devils! Where do these unfortunate creatures come from? On what butcher's block will they meet their end? What reward does municipal munificence allot them for thus cleaning (or dirtying) the pavements of Paris? At what age are they sent to the glue factory? What becomes of their bones (their skin is good for nothing)?

Hector Berlioz

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Louis Hector Berlioz (December 11 1803 – March 8 1869) was a French composer, conductor and music critic, widely seen as the greatest representative in music of the French Romantic school.

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Alternative Names: Louis-Hector Berlioz • Louis Hector Berlioz • Hektors Berliozs • Luī Ektors Berliozs • Ludovicus Hector Berlioz • Ettore Berlioz • Hector Louis Berlioz • Ludoviko Hektoro Berlioz • Гектор Берлиоз • Берлиоз, Гектор Луи • Гектор Луи Берлиоз • Berlioz • ベルリオーズ • ルイ・エクトル・ベルリオーズ • Hektor Berlioz

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Se dice que el tiempo es un gran maestro; lo malo es que va matando a sus discípulos.

You request me to tell you…if it is true that the creed of all who profess to love high and serious art is: "There is no God but Bach, and Mendelssohn is his prophet"?

Le temps est un grand professeur, mais malheureusement il tue ses élèves.

Poor devils! Where do these unfortunate creatures come from? On what butcher's block will they meet their end? What reward does municipal munificence… - Hector Berlioz

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