Taking notice of this strange phenomonon he stayed around as the music of the Third, Second and First Symphonies was all played, backwards. Going to the caretaker of the graveyard he told him what he had seen and heard, only to receive the reply. Oh, that's just Beethoven decomposing. Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not.
Nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent.
Genius will not. Unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not. The world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnimpotent.