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title: "4 Stradivarius Quotes by 4 authors"
description: "Browse 4 Stradivarius quotes by 4 authors. Discover the best Stradivarius sayings and thoughts."
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> [The trick to playing second fiddle is to play it like second Stradivarius.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-breault/the-trick-to-playing-second-fiddle-is-to-play-it-like-second/)

[Robert Breault](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-breault/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e65/robert-breault-304_effort_the-trick-to-playing-second-fiddle-is-to_489662.png)

> [If you have a Stradivarius and nobody to play it, it's just a Stradivarius. Or is it even that? It's nothing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peabo-bryson/if-you-have-a-stradivarius-and-nobody-to-play-it-it-s-just-a/)

[Peabo Bryson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peabo-bryson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/189/peabo-bryson-24306_play_if-you-have-a-stradivarius-and-nobody-to_1457733.jpg)

> [To me, the original VCS3 synthesizer is like a Stradivarius.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-michel-jarre/to-me-the-original-vcs3-synthesizer-is-like-a-stradivarius/)

[Jean-Michel Jarre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-michel-jarre/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/038/jean-michel-jarre-6803_creativity_to-me-the-original-vcs3-synthesizer-is-l_1573817.png)

> ['Tis God gives skill, but not without men's hand: He could not make Antonio Stradivarius's violins without Antonio.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-eliot/tis-god-gives-skill-but-not-without-men-s-hand-he-could-not-make/)

[George Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-eliot/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7fc/george-eliot-84_action_tis-god-gives-skill-but-not-without-men_1638619.png)

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