(1396 quotes found)
“It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets”
Voltaire
“When you are describing A shape, or sound, or tint; Don't state the matter plainly, But put it in a hint; And learn to look at all things With a sort of mental squint”
Lewis Carroll
“There is something in every one of you that waits and listens for the sound of the genuine in yourself. It is the only true guide you will ever have. And if you cannot hear it, you will all of your life spend your days on the ends of strings that somebody else pulls.”
Howard Thurman
“The sound of a kiss is not so loud as that of a cannon, but its echo lasts a great deal longer.”
Oliver Wendell Holmes
“You will always find an answer in the sound of water.Chuang-Tse”
Chuang Tzu
“The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, Is fit for treasons, stratagems and spoils.”
William Shakespeare
“Get someone else to blow your horn and the sound will carry twice as far”
Will Rogers
“The sweetest of all sounds is praise.”
Xenophon
“Washington is nicknamed "The Evergreen State" because it sounds better than "The Incessant Nagging Drizzle State."”
Dave Barry
“How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank.Here will we sit, and let the sounds of musicCreep in our ears; soft stillness, and the nightBecome the touches of sweet harmony.”
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