[Mozart has just seen Salieri's mediocre opera] SALIERI Mozart, it good of you to come! MOZART How could I not? SALIERI Did you my work please you? MOZART [hesitantly] I never knew that music like that was possible!
SALIERI [not fooled] You flatter me. MOZART [insincerely] No, no! One hears such sounds, and what can one say but... Salieri!