"What you are, you are by accident of birth; what I am, I am by myself. There are and will be a thousand princes; there is only one Beethoven."
— Ludwig van Beethoven
What You Are You Are By
What you are, you are by accident of birth; what I am, I am by myself. There are and will be a thousand princes; there is only one Beethoven.
individuality pride self-worth
Source
Reported remark to Prince Karl Lichnowsky, 1806
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