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