#ma

All who consult on doubtful matters, should be void of hatred, friendship, anger, and pity. ↗

— Sallust

#consult #doubtful #friendship #hatred #matters

No man underestimates the wrongs he suffers; many take them more seriously than is right. ↗

— Sallust

#many #more #right #seriously #suffers

Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master. ↗

— Sallust

#few #few men #just #liberty #master

He only seems to me to live, and to make proper use of life, who sets himself some serious work to do, and seeks the credit of a task well and skillfully performed. ↗

— Sallust

#himself #life #live #make #me

In my opinion, he only may be truly said to live and enjoy his being who is engaged in some laudable pursuit, and acquires a name by some illustrious action, or useful art. ↗

— Sallust

#action #art #being #engaged #enjoy

To like and dislike the same things, this is what makes a solid friendship. ↗

— Sallust

#friendship #like #makes #same #solid

I can't imagine how many first performances I've done, perhaps 500. Some of them have been very good, and some of course very bad. ↗

— Esa-Pekka Salonen

#been #course #done #first #good

I discovered that the people of the North are different and there's no way you can make a person from the North similar to a Southerner. They're two different worlds. ↗

— Esa-Pekka Salonen

#different worlds #discovered #i #make #north

I've learned a lot from the masters of orchestration, like Ravel and Stravinsky. ↗

— Esa-Pekka Salonen

#learned #like #lot #masters #orchestration

If the seams are showing, there is something wrong with the performance or the construction of the piece. This idea is completely at odds with our modern visual experience, because everything today is based on montage. ↗

— Esa-Pekka Salonen

#because #completely #construction #everything #experience