Mozart Quotes

“I am not thoughtless but am prepared for anything and as a result can wait patiently for whatever the future holds in store, and I'll be able to endure it.”
― Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Mozart: A Life in Letters

“I should like to know for what reason idleness is so popular with many young people that it is impossible to dissuade them from it either by words or by chastisements.”
― Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Mozart: A Life in Letters

“I beg you most humbly to go on loving me just a little and to make do with these poor congratulations until I get some new drawers made for my small and narrow brainbox in which I can keep the brains that I still intend to acquire.”
― Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Mozart: A Life in Letters

“you mustn’t place your signature too low down on the page and thereby leave a blank space above it, otherwise some rogue – if such a letter were to fall into the wrong hands – might cut out the name and add some small demand for several louis d’or in the blank space above it.”
― Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Mozart: A Life in Letters

“My son, to find one man in a 1000 who is your true friend for reasons other than self-interest is one of the greatest wonders of this world.”
― Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Mozart: A Life in Letters