Ascending Melodic Minor

Famous quotes containing the words ascending, melodic and/or minor:

“To do good is like ascending a mountain; to do evil as easy as following an avalanche.”
—Chinese proverb.

“Whose starward eye
Saw chariot “swing low”? And who was he
That breathed that comforting, melodic sigh,
“Nobody knows de trouble I see”?”
—James Weldon Johnson (1871–1938)

“Great causes are never tried on their merits; but the cause is reduced to particulars to suit the size of the partizans, and the contention is ever hottest on minor matters.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)