“Applaud my friends, the comedy is over…”
Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770–1827) German Romantic composer
on his death bed
Original: Plaudite, amici, comedia finita est.
“Plaudite, amici, comedia finita est. (Applaud, my friends, the comedy is over.)”
Said on his deathbed, 1827
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