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Diary entry for 1913-07-12
... realization of previously made plans, instead of only gratifying itself as quickly as possible by praising even a mistaken stage of the realization to others, and to oneself, as a successful one! Unfortunately, vanity is not content merely to delude itself; it ...
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Diary entry for 1913-10-30
... embarrassment of successfully holding his own in front of his young wife in my presence. His curiosity is directed at all things, just not at the work of which he himself was the godfather. His mind is so tainted that he preferred to ask about my lesson fees ...
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Diary entry for 1914-01-26
... . Yet be that as it may – it nonetheless remains objectively shown that my method can successfully be practiced even by another person. The beneficial consequence of this is that conductor and critic alike must summon their courage more than they have ...
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Diary entry for 1914-05-28
... for a long time to forge a link with me. Another phrase used by the secretary about the "colossal success" of my Beethoven editions led me to conclude that he, or the Society, wished to exploit this favorable conjuncture for profit. The circumstance ...
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Diary entry for 1914-08-19
... entire world with lies in order to discredit the Dual Alliance. The practical objective is clear: to create a favorable mood for the Triple Entente, based on an unfortunately unalterable fact: where the balance of success inclines is where the other ...
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Diary entry for 1914-08-28
... -gun-like repetition of the German armed success will soon put a halt not only to the French offensive but also its defensive. Of course, the most gratifying payoff was the defeat of the English. It only damaged Lord Kitchener and King George that they, with fading ...
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Diary entry for 1914-08-30
... powerful and extensive successes on the left flank of our army. The Germans, by an unfortunate circumstance, have lost three small cruisers. The behavior of Germany's enemies brings to prominence, in their desperation, ever more ludicrous results: a recent ...
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Diary entry for 1914-09-08
... thoroughly beautiful, dignified prologue by Max Halbe to his drama; perhaps the most successful poetic piece for which we can thank the war muse – apart from the concluding stanza, which is intended to lead into the play. Tests of Viennese patriotism. The ...
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Diary entry for 1914-09-24
... torpedoing the first cruiser, did not go on the run-in order to bring himself to safety after the successful bravura feat, as would normally be the case, but was led by the very natural yet ingenious instinct of waiting for rescue ships. And as, in fact, two ...
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Diary entry for 1914-10-15
... wickedness, have the better intellectual cannons. But how is Seligmann's false conclusion nonetheless to be explained? Simply in that, like a mediocre person, he understands the success of the truth only as that which comes to light in greater wealth, thus in ...