Qui de sentement ne fait, Son dit et son chant contrefait.

Qui de sentement ne fait,
Son dit et son chant contrefait.

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He who makes songs without feelingSpoils both his words and his music.. “Remede de Fortune”, line 407; translation from Josiah Fisk and Jeff Nichols (eds.) Composers on Music (Boston, Northeastern University Press, 1997) p. 5.

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