Joseph Wechsberg Quotes

• A violin should be played with love, or not at all.

  Joseph Wechsberg

  Violin, Should

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• The duality of St Petersburg and Leningrad remains. They are not even on speaking terms.

  Joseph Wechsberg

  Leningrad, Duality, Term

  Joseph Wechsberg (1977). “In Leningrad”, Doubleday Books

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• We should learn from children not to hold grudges. Children often fight when they play together but they quickly make up and their fights don't deteriorate into bitter feuds.

  Joseph Wechsberg

  Children, Fighting, Play

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• Old St Petersburg remains a beautiful stage set but to the Russians it is not what Rome is to the Italians or Paris to the French. The decisions are made in the Kremlin. The city of Peter remains a museum, open from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM.

  Joseph Wechsberg

  Beautiful, Museums, Rome

  Joseph Wechsberg (1977). “In Leningrad”, Doubleday Books

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