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Tis God gives skill, but not without mens hand: He could not make

Tis God gives skill, but not without mens hand: He could not make Antonio Stradivariuss violins without Antonio. – George Eliot

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In all private quarrels the duller nature is triumphant by reason of dullness. – George Eliot

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Of what use, however, is a general certainty that an insect will not walk with his head hindmost, when what you need to know is the play of inward stimulus that sends him hither and thither in a network of possible paths? – George Eliot

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There is only one failure in life possible, and that is not to be true to the best one knows. – George Eliot

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No one should be allowed to play the violin until he has mastered it. – Jim Fiebig

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There is as much difference between the stage and the film as between a piano and a violin. Normally you cant become a virtuoso in both. – Ethel Barrymore

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The difference between a violin and a viola is that a viola burns longer. – Victor Borge

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The second fiddle. I can get plenty of first violinists, but to find someone who can play the second fiddle with enthusiasm – Leonard Bernstein

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