Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), German composer, fired his house cleaner, without thinking twice, when he learned that she had lied to him.
A friend who recommended this maid, tried to persuade the composer that he is making a big mistake and that that woman was fair and worthy, and that she did not lie to him with the intention to harm him.
-He who lies does not have a pure heart - Beethoven explained to his friend. -And he, who does not have a pure heart, cannot make a pure soup!
Otherwise, Beethoven's diary was full of notes about cooks who fled from his home like a devil from a cross ...
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