"The trombone is too sacred for frequent use." — Felix Mendelssohn

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• Every one knows, that the mind will not be kept from contemplating what it loves in the midst of crowds… — Mary Astell
• The custom of speaking to God Almighty as freely as with a slave - caring nothing whether the words are… — Teresa of Avila
• In turning from the smaller instruments in frequent use to the larger and more important machines, the economy arising from… — Charles Babbage
• Frequent and loud laughter is the characteristic of folly and ill manners. — Lord Chesterfield
• To have frequent recourse to narrative betrays great want of imagination. — Lord Chesterfield
• The key to wisdom is this - constant and frequent questioning, for by doubting we are led to question and… — Peter Abelard
• Nevertheless, as is a frequent occurrence in science, a general hypothesis was constructed from a few specific instances of a… — Sidney Altman
• In every animal which has not passed the limit of its development, a more frequent and continuous use of any… — Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
• And when we would make much of that which cannot matter much to thee, forgive us -a frequent part of… — John E. Hines
• It seems to me, that if statesmen had a little more arithmetic, or were accustomed to calculation, wars would be… — Benjamin Franklin
• Too frequent rewards indicate that the general is at the end of his resources; too frequent punishments that he is… — Sun Tzu
• Today, people are talking about many things: the danger of war and frequent clashes, water and air pollution, hunger, the… — Fethullah Gulen

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