Ludwig van Beethoven, Letter to Nannette Streicher (1817); cited in H. L. Mencken (ed.) A New Dictionary of Quotations on Historical Principles (1942), p. 1132

Whoever tells a lie cannot be pure in heart—and only the pure in heart can make a good soup.

— Ludwig van Beethoven on Soup

What It Means

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Ludwig van Beethoven

About Ludwig van Beethoven

Ludwig van Beethoven (baptized December 17 1770, died March 26 1827) was a German composer and pianist who lived predominantly in Vienna, Austria. A crucial figure in the transition between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western art music, he remains one of the most famous and influential of all composers.