Dictionary of Proverbs

Dictionary of Proverbs
ISBN-10
8176488143
ISBN-13
9788176488143
Pages
270
Language
English
Published
2005
Publisher
APH Publishing
Author
G.kleiser

Description

Take care and goodnight ! - A. J. McLean Music is the best cure for a sorrowing mind . Music is the best means we have of ... Lewis Thomas Music is the most perfect art . Albert Camus Music is the vernacular of the human soul .

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