Truly, I think I should go mad if it weren't for music.

Право, было-бы от чего с ума сойти, если б не музыка.

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

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Topic

Music

Author

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Source

Letters of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Medium

Letter

Language

Russian

Time

1877 1870s 19th century

Occupation

Composer

From

Russia Europe

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Citation

Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Illyich. Letter to Nadezhda von Meck. c. 23 Nov. 1877.

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Time
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Citation

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Man is a creature that can get used to anything, and I think that is the best definition of him.

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Source
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Medium
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Statement Type
Definition
Language
Russian
Time
1860 1860s 19th century
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Original Citation

Dostoyevsky, Fyodor. "Записки из Мёртвого дома [The House of the Dead]." Vremya, 1860-1862.

Current Citation

Dostoyevsky, Fyodor. The House of the Dead, translated by David McDuff. Penguin Classics, 1986.