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The Violin

«Every single one of us can do things that no one else can, love things that no one else can love...We are like violins. We can be used for doorstops, or we can make music. You know what to do.»
«I was much distressed by next door people who had twin babies and played the violin; but one of the twins died, and the other has eaten the fiddle, so all is peace.»
«If we were all determined to play the first violin we should never have an ensemble. Therefore, respect every musician in his proper place.»
«I inherited a painting and a violin which turned out to be a Rembrandt and a Stradivarius. Unfortunately, Rembrandt made lousy violins and Stradivarius was a terrible painter.»
«It is as absurd to say that a man can't love one woman all the time as it is to say that a violinist needs several violins to play the same piece of music.»
«Happiness is a thing to be practiced, like the violin.»
«Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.»
Author: Samuel Butler | About: Life | Keywords: in public, solo, The Violin, violin, violins
«A table, a chair, a bowl of fruit and a violin; what else does a man need to be happy.»
«If it is true that the violin is the most perfect of musical instruments, then Greek is the violin of human thought»
«I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. I love it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords and harmonies.»

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