"Egy jó fajta tengerentúli szivarral kizárhatjuk életünkből a világ durvaságait.” – Liszt Ferenc
"Eine gute Zigarre," wrote the composer Franz Liszt, "aus Übersee verschließt die Tür vor den Niederungen des Lebens." We may translate this saying as follows: "A good cigar from overseas closes the door to the vulgarities of the world." (It is inaccurately translated on the internet as referring to Cuban cigars; however, it appears that Liszt preferred cigars from the New World generally, and in particular, those from Virginia.)
