Violin Family Instruments

Famous quotes containing the words violin, family and/or instruments:

    “So I cradle this average violin that knows
    Only forgotten showtunes, but argues
    The possibility of free declamation anchored
    To a dull refrain....”
    —John Ashbery (b. 1927)

    “Of all the vices, lewdness is the worst; of all the virtues, family duty is the first.”
    —Chinese proverb.

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    “We are all instruments endowed with feeling and memory. Our senses are so many strings that are struck by surrounding objects and that also frequently strike themselves.”
    —Denis Diderot (1713–84)