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Music Quotes by Oliver Wendell Holmes
- Many people die with their music still in them. Why is this so? Too often it is because they are always getting ready to live.…
- A few can touch the magic string, and noisy fame is proud to win them: Alas for those that never sing, but die with all…
- The greatest tragedy in America is not the destruction of our natural resources, though that tragedy is great. The truly great tragedy is the destruction…
- Talking is like playing on the harp, there is as much in laying the hand on the strings to stop their vibration as in twanging…
- Alas for those that never sing, but die with all their music in them.
- Take a music bath once or twice a week for a few seasons. You will find it is to the soul what a water bath…
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