Dangerous Quote by Klemens von Metternich Download Open image “Men like M. de Talleyrand are like sharp instruments with which it is dangerous to play.” — Klemens von Metternich ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.3 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Dangerous History Instruments Men Play
Men, like musical instruments, seem made to be played upon. — Christian Nestell Bovee Copy Share Image
The Army (considering the irritable state it is in, its suffering and composition) is a dangerous instrument to play with. — George Washington Copy Share Image
Whenever you face a man who's playing your instrument, there's a competition. — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
Men are always more inclined to pitch their estimate of the enemy's strength too high than too low, such is human nature. — Carl von Clausewitz Copy Share Image
The more a man acts on his own, the more he develops himself. In large associations he is too prone to become merely an… — Wilhelm von Humboldt Copy Share Image
Your questions regarding that gentleman are very delicate, very subtle, very much like being smacked in the head with a mallet...it's a tuba among… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We consider that any man who can fiddle all through one of those Virginia Reels without losing his grip may be depended upon in… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Dark and sour humours, especially those which have a spice of malevolence in them, are vastly disagreeable. Such men have no music in their… — Abigail Adams Copy Share Image
I agree totally with Metheny regarding the sound influencing the way you play. — Mark White Copy Share Image
“Take notes, boys! The ladies always love a man who can play an instrument!” Lindsay snorted, “Your instrument doesn’t even like girls, Rusty!” “Doesn’t… — Cora Carmack Copy Share Image
It is useless to close the gates against ideas; they overlap them. — Klemens von Metternich Copy Share Image
I have never feared that the revolution would be engendered by the universities; but that at them a whole generation of revolutionaries must be… — Klemens von Metternich Copy Share Image
In Europe democracy is a falsehood. I do not know where it will end, but it cannot end in a quiet old age. — Klemens von Metternich Copy Share Image
Any plan conceived in moderation must fail when the circumstances are set in extremes. — Klemens von Metternich Copy Share Image
The word 'Italy' is a geographical expression, a description which is useful shorthand, but has none of the political significance the efforts of the… — Klemens von Metternich Copy Share Image
So the fool, as distinct from the scoundrel, is completely self- satisfied; in fact, he can easily become dangerous, as it does not take… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Every one knows that the exercise of military power is forever dangerous to civil rights; and we have had recent instances of violences that… — Samuel Adams Copy Share Image
Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit. My three [great teachers] did not… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
We're not very dangerous animals; we don't have a horn like a rhino or quills like a porcupine. — Helen Fisher Copy Share Image
In my youth-team days, I was always a left-winger who would stay close to the byline and put crosses in the box, so I… — Arjen Robben Copy Share Image
The temptations of God were always more dangerous for mankind than those of Satan. — Arthur Koestler Copy Share Image
When you start talking about elections being rigged, you're pushing people beyond democratic governance. And it's a very, very dangerous thing to do. — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
The Patriot Act is certainly a concern; all of those things are dangerous. I think more important than me preaching is that we as… — George Clooney Copy Share Image
Die gefährlichste Weltanschauung ist die Weltanschauung derer, die die Welt nie angeschaut haben. (The most dangerous worldview is the worldview of those who have… — Alexander von Humboldt Copy Share Image
The most dangerous creature here would have to be me. So maybe I'm just scared of my own shadow. — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
The more people that learn about you, even if you're an underdog, then you can come under fire a lot and the more attention… — Gerard Way Copy Share Image