"Copiare il vero può essere una buona cosa, ma inventare il vero è meglio, molto meglio."
— Giuseppe Verdi

January 1, 1970

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Letter to Clara Maffei, October 20, 1876, cited from James P. Cassaro (ed.) Music, Libraries and the Academy (Middleton, Wisconsin: A-R Editions, 2007) p. 218; translation from the same source.