"In f-major, c* [a C major chord] is a sonority contained within the overtones of the tonic f* [a F major chord]."

"Cacher l’Art par l’Art lui même. Conceal Art by Art itself."

"Though he was no judge of librettos, Jean-Philippe Rameau raised the musical side of opera to a new level and in his …"

""Ich habe nie aufgehört, Ravel als den größten Meister der französischen Musik neben Rameau und Debussy anzusehen"

"Les hommes font les lois. Les femmes font les mœurs."

"The standing armies, while a burden on the people, are inadequate for the achievement of great and decisive results i…"

"Le désir de s'enrichir est leur passion dominante, et à vrai dire leur seule passion."

"Science does not aim to cover exhaustively the whole of reality, but to construct systems and concepts which will per…"

"Although Champollion was an avowed revolutionary and an enthusiastic Bonapartist, one of his earliest discoveries dis…"

"If vengeance ever seemed to have any show of justice, it is then when piety and affection constraineth us to remember…"