Lute Quotes

30 quotes by 22 authors

It is the little rift within the lute That by and by will make the music mute, And ever widening slowly silence all. — Alfred Lord Tennyson
Orpheus with his lute made trees, And the mountain tops that freeze, Bow themselves, when he did sing; To his music, plants and flowers Ever… — William Shakespeare
We are pain and what cures pain, both. We are the sweet cold water and the jar that pours. I want to hold you close… — Rumi
I give thee all,-I can no more, Though poor the off'ring be; My heart and lute are all the store That I can bring to… — Charles Lamb
When you are accompanied by the instrument - on an instrument like the lute-the lute and voice - you have this sound, and you feel… — Cecilia Bartoli
If thou would'st have me sing and play As once I play'd and sung, First take this time-worn lute away, And bring one freshly strung. — Charles Lamb
How charming is divine philosophy! Not harsh and crabbed, as dull fools suppose, But musical as is Apollo's lute, And a perpetual feast of nectar'd… — John Milton
As in no other form of lute or combat, the conditions are such; the winner takes nothing, neither his ease, nor his pleasure, nor any… — Ernest Hemingway
I'm also pretty impressive when I'm shoving the neck of a lute into someone's chest cavity. — Hank Green
I never learned how to tune a harp, or play upon a lute; but I know how to raise a small and obscure city to… — Themistocles
Monks, we who look at the whole and not just the part, know that we too are systems of interdependence, of feelings, perceptions, thoughts, and… — Gautama Buddha
Maintain a state of balance between physical acts and inner serenity,like a lute whose strings are finely tuned. — Gautama Buddha
Your joy is your sorrow unmasked. And the same well from which your laughter rises was oftentimes filled with your tears. And how else can… — Khalil Gibran
Leisure was the sine qua non of the full Renaissance. The feudal nobility, having lost its martial function, sought diversion all over Europe in cultivated… — Mary McCarthy
If with love thy heart has burned; If thy love is unreturned; Hide thy grief within thy breast, Though it tear thee unexpressed; For when… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Words! Mere words! How terrible they were! How clear, and vivid, and cruel! One could not escape from them. And yet what a subtle magic… — Oscar Wilde
As the strings of a lute are apart though they quiver the same music. — Khalil Gibran
You got a job?" "Ignatius hasta help me at home," Mrs. Reilly said. Her initial courage was failing a little, and she began to twist… — John Kennedy Toole
Your soul is a chosen landscape Where charming masked and costumed figures go Playing the lute and dancing and almost Sad beneath their fantastic disguises.… — Paul Verlaine
love one another, but make not a bond of love: let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls. fill each… — Khalil Gibran

Who Wrote These Lute Quotes

22 authors contributed a total of 30 Lute Quotes as follows: