Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent. — Victor Hugo

Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.

In the original French

Ce qu’on ne peut dire et ce qu’on ne peut taire, la musique l’exprime.

1864
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Hugo, Victor. William Shakespeare. Paris: Lacroix & Verboeckhoven & Cie, 1864, pt. 1, bk. 2, ch. 4.