#seldom

The conductor's gift does not always go hand in hand with that of composition; indeed, the union is found much more seldom than is popularly believed. ↗

— Anton Seidl

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People of the same trade seldom meet together, even for merriment and diversion, but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the public, or in some contrivance to raise prices. ↗

— George Adam Smith

#conspiracy #contrivance #conversation #diversion #ends

Tyrants seldom want pretexts. ↗

— Edmund Burke

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A youthful mind is seldom totally free from ambition; to curb that, is the first step to contentment, since to diminish expectation is to increase enjoyment. ↗

— Frances Burney

#contentment #curb #diminish #enjoyment #expectation

Great and good are seldom the same man. ↗

— Winston Churchill

#great #man #same #seldom

You seldom get a censorship attempt from a 14-year-old boy. It's the adults who get upset. ↗

— Robert Cormier

#boy #censorship #get #seldom #upset

The innocent seldom find an uncomfortable pillow. ↗

— William Cowper

#innocent #pillow #seldom #uncomfortable

Unfortunately, it happens all too seldom that you really disappear behind a work, that you are no longer audible as an interpreter. ↗