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title: "43 Minstrels Quotes by 35 authors"
description: "Browse 43 Minstrels quotes by 35 authors. Discover the best Minstrels sayings and thoughts."
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> [A wandering minstrel I A thing of shreds and patches Of ballads, songs and snatches And dreamy lullaby!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-raleigh/a-wandering-minstrel-i-a-thing-of-shreds-and-patches-of-ballads-songs/)

[Walter Raleigh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-raleigh/)

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> [Every lover is, in his heart, a madman, and, in his head, a minstrel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/every-lover-is-in-his-heart-a-madman-and-in-his-head-a-minstrel/)

[Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/)

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> [And I remember most of what I know that is good and true and lasting has come not from scholars but from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-james-waller/and-i-remember-most-of-what-i-know-that-is-good-and-true-and-lasting/)

[Robert James Waller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-james-waller/)

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> [I want to feel the surging Of my sad people's soul Hidden by a minstrel-smile.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gwendolyn-b-bennett/i-want-to-feel-the-surging-of-my-sad-people-s-soul-hidden-by-a/)

[Gwendolyn B. Bennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gwendolyn-b-bennett/)

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> [If there were no such creatures as minstrel-maidens, it would be necessary to invent them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-vance/if-there-were-no-such-creatures-as-minstrel-maidens-it-would-be/)

[Jack Vance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-vance/)

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> [O for the gentleness of old Romance, the simple planning of a minstrel's song!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-keats/o-for-the-gentleness-of-old-romance-the-simple-planning-of-a-minstrel/)

[John Keats](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-keats/)

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> ['Nonetheless day will bring hope to me,' said Aragorn. 'Is it not said that no foe has ever taken the Hornburg, if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien-2/nonetheless-day-will-bring-hope-to-me-said-aragorn-is-it-not-said/)

[J. R. R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien-2/)

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> [I subscribe to that school of thespian - to be a wandering minstrel or traveling player, a thing of rags and patches,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-sands/i-subscribe-to-that-school-of-thespian-to-be-a-wandering-minstrel-or-2/)

[Julian Sands](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-sands/)

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> [I'm not comfortable with just entertaining. Although I like entertaining, I also like bringing forward the truth of our times as minstrels…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/serj-tankian/i-m-not-comfortable-with-just-entertaining-although-i-like/)

[Serj Tankian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/serj-tankian/)

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> [I extract what I consider the best material from different sources. But often the material I perform comes from a very strange…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leon-redbone/i-extract-what-i-consider-the-best-material-from-different-sources/)

[Leon Redbone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leon-redbone/)

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> [Twilight's soft dews steal o'er the village-green, With magic tints to harmonize the scene. Stilled is the hum that through the hamlet…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-rogers/twilight-s-soft-dews-steal-o-er-the-village-green-with-magic-tints-to/)

[Samuel Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-rogers/)

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> [I have the instincts of a minstrel rather than those of a scrivener. There you have it. We are not of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/i-have-the-instincts-of-a-minstrel-rather-than-those-of-a-scrivener/)

[John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-steinbeck/)

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> [The day will bring hope for me," said Aragorn. "Is it not said that no foe has ever taken the Hornburg, if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-day-will-bring-hope-for-me-said-aragorn-is-it-not-said-that-no/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [Despite those titles, power, and pelf, The wretch, concentred all in self, Living, shall forfeit fair renown, And, doubly dying, shall go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-scott/despite-those-titles-power-and-pelf-the-wretch-concentred-all-in-self/)

[Walter Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-scott/)

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> [We need to look beyond the obvious. Yes, there are minstrel images in hip-hop. Yes, there are demeaning, anti-racist, misogynistic and homophobic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bakari-kitwana/we-need-to-look-beyond-the-obvious-yes-there-are-minstrel-images-in/)

[Bakari Kitwana](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bakari-kitwana/)

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> [Norbert Blei is a writer the way people used to be troubadours and minstrels, celebrating what he has seen and heart and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-j-harris/norbert-blei-is-a-writer-the-way-people-used-to-be-troubadours-and/)

[Sydney J. Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-j-harris/)

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> [The triumphs of the warrior are bounded by the narrow theatre of his own age; but those of a Scott or a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-h-prescott/the-triumphs-of-the-warrior-are-bounded-by-the-narrow-theatre-of-his/)

[William H. Prescott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-h-prescott/)

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> [During the reign of Rameses III (the Twentieth Dynasty) Egypt saw a flowering of its civilization and the harp became the royal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/corinne-heline/during-the-reign-of-rameses-iii-the-twentieth-dynasty-egypt-saw-a/)

[Corinne Heline](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/corinne-heline/)

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> [I make mistakes, but I am on the side of Good," the Golux said, "by accident and happenchance. I had high hopes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-thurber/i-make-mistakes-but-i-am-on-the-side-of-good-the-golux-said-by/)

[James Thurber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-thurber/)

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> [Is there any sign of spring quite so welcome as the glint of the first bluebird unless it is his softly whistled…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neltje-blanchan/is-there-any-sign-of-spring-quite-so-welcome-as-the-glint-of-the/)

[Neltje Blanchan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neltje-blanchan/)

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> [I have stolen princesses back from sleeping barrow kings. I burned down the town of Trebon. I have spent the night with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-rothfuss/i-have-stolen-princesses-back-from-sleeping-barrow-kings-i-burned/)

[Patrick Rothfuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-rothfuss/)

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> [English literature, from the days of the minstrels to the Lake Poets,--Chaucer and Spenser and Milton, and even Shakespeare, included,--breathes no quite…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/english-literature-from-the-days-of-the-minstrels-to-the-lake-poets-2/)

[Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/)

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> [“Even the minstrels who came in the back yards and sang "If I had my way, You would never grow old" were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betty-smith/even-the-minstrels-who-came-in-the-back-yards-and-sang-if-i-had-my/)

[Betty Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betty-smith/)

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> [You cannot begin to imagine the shock I had when I came down on the floor for the first time. First of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shatner/you-cannot-begin-to-imagine-the-shock-i-had-when-i-came-down-on-the/)

[William Shatner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shatner/)

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> [Breathes there the man, with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said, This is my own, my native land! Whose…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-scott/breathes-there-the-man-with-soul-so-dead-who-never-to-himself-hath/)

[Walter Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-scott/)

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> [“We need a way to supply the camp," Chiron said. "Any ideas?" "Yes! We take what we need by force!" bellowed the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-riordan/we-need-a-way-to-supply-the-camp-chiron-said-any-ideas-yes-we-take/)

[Rick Riordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-riordan/)

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> [America sometimes resembles, at least from the point of view of a black man, an exceedingly monotonous minstrel show; the same dances,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/america-sometimes-resembles-at-least-from-the-point-of-view-of-a/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [I subscribe to that school of thespian - to be a wandering minstrel or traveling player, a thing ofrags and patches, of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-sands/i-subscribe-to-that-school-of-thespian-to-be-a-wandering-minstrel-or/)

[Julian Sands](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-sands/)

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> [... the open sky sits upon our senses like a sapphire crown - the Air is our robe of state - the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-keats/the-open-sky-sits-upon-our-senses-like-a-sapphire-crown-the-air-is/)

[John Keats](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-keats/)

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> [In France, you have 900 years of romantic love going back to the troubadours and minstrels that wrote stories of Lancelot and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marilyn-yalom/in-france-you-have-900-years-of-romantic-love-going-back-to-the/)

[Marilyn Yalom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marilyn-yalom/)

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> [The Wise (Minstrel or Sage,) out of their books are clay; But in their books, as from their graves they rise. Angels--that,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-vaughan/the-wise-minstrel-or-sage-out-of-their-books-are-clay-but-in-their/)

[Bill Vaughan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-vaughan/)

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> [Sweet Mercy! to the gates of heaven This minstrel lead, his sins forgiven; The rueful conflict, the heart riven With vain endeavour,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-wordsworth/sweet-mercy-to-the-gates-of-heaven-this-minstrel-lead-his-sins/)

[William Wordsworth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-wordsworth/)

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> [In the society of illusion, reality must manifest itself. The story songs of Joel Rafael are that manifestation... the essence of minstrel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-trudell/in-the-society-of-illusion-reality-must-manifest-itself-the-story/)

[John Trudell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-trudell/)

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> [The after-silence, when the feast is o'er,And void the places where the minstrels stood,Differs in nought from what hath been before,And is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-watson/the-after-silence-when-the-feast-is-o-er-and-void-the-places-where/)

[William Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-watson/)

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> [The inner music of the Soul is the real song. It's tunes are self-existing and self-supporting and need no outer aids of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kirpal-singh/the-inner-music-of-the-soul-is-the-real-song-it-s-tunes-are-self/)

[Kirpal Singh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kirpal-singh/)

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> [I didn't know folk music growing up, no. It's something I've come to study, really, because I think there's so much to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-didn-t-know-folk-music-growing-up-no-it-s-something-i-ve-come-to/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [Ethereal minstrel! pilgrim of the sky! Dost thou despise the earth where cares abound? Or, while the wings aspire, are heart and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-wordsworth/ethereal-minstrel-pilgrim-of-the-sky-dost-thou-despise-the-earth/)

[William Wordsworth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-wordsworth/)

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> [Your roots, your family, your friends all become so much more important to you as you get older, especially if you are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-donohoe/your-roots-your-family-your-friends-all-become-so-much-more-important/)

[Amanda Donohoe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amanda-donohoe/)

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> [“The scene in the great hall was a raucous one, a cheerful mélange of knights, minstrels, servants, disreputable-looking women, and dogs, who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-kay-penman/the-scene-in-the-great-hall-was-a-raucous-one-a-cheerful-m-lange-of/)

[Sharon Kay Penman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-kay-penman/)

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> [The way was long, the wind was cold, The Minstrel was infirm and old; His withered cheek, and tresses gray, Seemed to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-scott/the-way-was-long-the-wind-was-cold-the-minstrel-was-infirm-and-old/)

[Walter Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-scott/)

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                        "text": "The day will bring hope for me,\" said Aragorn. \"Is it not said that no foe has ever taken the Hornburg, if men defended it?\" \"So the minstrels say,\" said Éomer. \"Then let us defend it, and hope!",
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                        "text": "Is there any sign of spring quite so welcome as the glint of the first bluebird unless it is his softly whistled song? No wonder the bird has become the symbol for happiness. Before the farmer begins to plough the wet earth, often while snow is still on the ground, this hardy little minstrel is making himself very much at home in our orchards and gardens while waiting for a mate to arrive from the South.",
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                        "text": "I have stolen princesses back from sleeping barrow kings. I burned down the town of Trebon. I have spent the night with Felurian and left with both my sanity and my life. I was expelled from the University at a younger age than most people are allowed in. I tread paths by moonlight that others fear to speak of during day. I have talked to gods, loved women, and written songs that make the minstrels weep. You may have heard of me.",
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                        "text": "English literature, from the days of the minstrels to the Lake Poets,--Chaucer and Spenser and Milton, and even Shakespeare, included,--breathes no quite fresh and, in this sense, wild strain. It is an essentially tame and civilized literature, reflecting Greece and Rome. Her wildness is a greenwood, her wild man a Robin Hood. There is plenty of genial love of Nature, but not so much of Nature herself. Her chronicles inform us when her wild animals, but not the wild man in her, became extinct.",
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                        "text": "“Even the minstrels who came in the back yards and sang \"If I had my way, You would never grow old\" were sad, too. They were bums and they were hungry and they didn’t have talent for song-making. All they had in the world was the nerve to stand in a back yard with cap in hand and sing loudly. The sad thing was in the knowing that all their nerve would get them nowhere in the world and that they were lost as all people in Brooklyn seem lost when the day is nearly over and even though the sun is still bright, it is thin and doesn’t give you warmth when it shines on you.”",
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                        "text": "You cannot begin to imagine the shock I had when I came down on the floor for the first time. First of all, there's this whole thing about playing sitcom comedy. I didn't want to do the sitcom thing, but I didn't know what else to do. I went slowly. We went through the week of rehearsal, then we got on the floor with the cameras, which I'm used to because of my experience in the old days. Then came camera day, with an audience, and it was stunning, enthralling, exciting and chaotic. I had never experienced anything like that before, as an actor. I was part minstrel, part actor.",
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                        "text": "Breathes there the man, with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said, This is my own, my native land! Whose heart hath ne'er within him burn'd, As home his footsteps he hath turn'd From wandering on a foreign strand! If such there breathe, go mark him well; For him no Minstrel raptures swell; High though his titles, proud his name, Boundless his wealth as wish can claim; Despite those titles, power, and pelf, The wretch, concentred all in self, Living, shall forfeit fair renown, And, doubly dying, shall go down To the vile dust, from whence he sprung, Unwept, unhonor'd, and unsung.",
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                        "text": "“We need a way to supply the camp,\" Chiron said. \"Any ideas?\" \"Yes! We take what we need by force!\" bellowed the leader of the Ares cabin. \"Or we could just, you know, steal it,\" suggested the Hermes representative. \"No, no!\" The son of Apollo whipped out his lyre. \"We should sing for our supper, as did the minstrels of yore!\" \"Of your what?\" asked the Dionysus counselor.\" \"What?\" \"'The minstrels of your '\", the Dionysus girl said impatiently. \"Of your what ?\" A representative of the visiting Hunters intervened. \"Not your. Yore .\" The Dionysus girl gave up.”",
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                        "text": "America sometimes resembles, at least from the point of view of a black man, an exceedingly monotonous minstrel show; the same dances, same music, same jokes. One has done (or been) the show so long that one can do it in one’s own sleep.",
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                        "text": "... the open sky sits upon our senses like a sapphire crown - the Air is our robe of state - the Earth is our throne, and the Sea a mighty minstrel playing before it.",
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                        "text": "In France, you have 900 years of romantic love going back to the troubadours and minstrels that wrote stories of Lancelot and Guinevere. You have gallantry at the highest level.",
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                        "text": "Sweet Mercy! to the gates of heaven This minstrel lead, his sins forgiven; The rueful conflict, the heart riven With vain endeavour, And memory of Earth's bitter leaven Effaced forever.",
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