#violin

I was much distressed by next door people who had twin babies and played the violin; but one of the twins died, and the other has eaten the fiddle, so all is peace. ↗

— Edward Lear

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If we were all determined to play the first violin we should never have an ensemble. therefore, respect every musician in his proper place. ↗

— Robert Schumann

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There is nothing more to be said or to be done tonight, so hand me over my violin and let us try to forget for half an hour the miserable weather and the still more miserable ways of our fellowmen. ↗

— Arthur Conan Doyle

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A sandwich and a cup of coffee, and then off to violin-land, where all is sweetness and delicacy and harmony. ↗

— Arthur Conan Doyle

#happiness #violin #food

Furthermore--though it was quite irrelevant now--he had no idea his killer, Kazuo Kiriyama, had, in his mansion that was much larger than Toshinori's home in Shiroiwa-cho, mastered the violin at a level far superior to Toshinori's a long time ago--and then tossed his violin into the trash. ↗

— Koushun Takami

#kazuo #violin #funny

There is no worse sound in the world than someone who cannot play the violin but insists on doing so anyway. ↗

— Lemony Snicket

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I wanted to play my violin and have my musical expression through the instrument. But then I was really young when I had my first opportunity to conduct. ↗

— Gustavo Dudamel

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A table, a chair, a bowl of fruit and a violin; what else does a man need to be happy? ↗

— Albert Einstein

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