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'Brahms had a dry humour which was belied by his rugged and rather aloof exterior. One day he lunched with the pianist Eugen d'Albert [1864-1932] in a restaurant. Now d'Albert was a vegetarian and what one might call a "Return to Nature" man. When they had finished eating, Brahms made a point of paying the bill, but not without remarking, "Ah ha, d'Albert, had you known I was going to pay, you would certainly have ordered yourself a succulent steak, instead of only a potato!" '

- Mark Hambourg 1931 From Piano to Forte: A Thousand and One Notes