in Wisdom; for
he who is wretched and unhappy is so only in consequence of things. The
truly wise man does not concern himself with the good and evil of
this world. Therefore endeavor diligently to preserve this use of your
reason--for in the affairs of this world, such a use is a precious art."

(Diary. Though essentially in the language of Beethoven there is
evidence that the passage was inspired by something that he had read.)

264. "The just man must be able also to suffer injustice without
deviating in the least from the right course."

(To the Viennese magistrate in the matter of Karl's education.)

265. "Man's humility towards man pains me; and yet when I consider
myself in connection with the universe, what am I and what is he whom we
call the greatest? And yet here, again, lies the divine element in man."

(To the "Immortal Beloved," July 6 (1800?).)

266. "Only the praise of one who has enjoyed praise can give pleasure."

(Conversation-book, 1825.)

267. "Nothing is more intolerable than to be compelled to accuse one's
self of one's own errors."

(Teplitz, September 6, 1811, to Tiedge. Beethoven regrets that through
his own fault he had not made Tiedge's acquaintance on an earlier
opportunity.)

268. "What greater gift can man receive than fame, praise and
immortality?"

(Diary, 1816-17. After Pliny, Epist. III.)

269. "Frequently it seems as if I should almost go mad over my
undeserved fame; fortune seeks me out and I almost fear new misfortune
on that account."

(July, 1810, to his friend Zmeskall. "Every day there come new inquiries
from strangers, new acquaintances new relationships.")

270. "The world must give one recognition,--it is not always unjust. I
care nothing for it because I have a higher goal."

(August 15, 1812, to Bettina von Arnim.)

271. "I have the more turned my gaze upwards; but for our own sakes
and for others we are obliged to turn our attention sometimes to lower
things; this, too, is a part of human destiny."

(February 8, 1823, to Zelter, with whom he is negotiating the sale of a
copy of the Mass in D.)

272. "Why so many dishes? Man is certainly very little higher than the
other animals if his chief delights are those of the table."

(Reported by J. A. Stumpff, in the "Harmonicon" of 1824. He dined with
Beethoven in Baden.)

273. "Whoever tells a lie is not pure of