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Letter "F" » flute
«Touch not the flute when drums are sounding around; when fools have the word, the wise will be silent.»
Author: Johann Gottfried Von Herder
(Critic, Philosopher, Poet, Theologian)
| Keywords:
flute, flutes, fool around, sounding
«Therefore at that time, when all the people heard the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and all kinds of musick, all the people, the nations, and the languages, fell down and worshipped the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.»
«Thou, O king, hast made a decree, that every man that shall hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, shall fall down and worship the golden image: / And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth, that he should be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.»
«Nebuchadnezzar spake and said unto them, Is it true, O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, do not ye serve my gods, nor worship the golden image which I have set up? / Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the image which I have made; well: but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who is that God that shall deliver you out of my hands? / Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in this matter.»
«Then an herald cried aloud, To you it is commanded, O people, nations, and languages, / That at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king hath set up: / And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth shall the same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.»
«The flute is not an instrument that has a good moral effect; it is too exciting.»
Author: Aristotle
(Philosopher, Physician, Scientist)
| Keywords:
effect, exciting, flute, flutes, instrument
«When you work you are a flute through whose heart the whispering of the hours turns to music. Which of you would be a reed, dumb and silent, when all else sings together in unison?»
Author: Kahlil Gibran
(Essayist, Novelist, Poet)
| Keywords:
flute, flutes, in unison, reed, sings, The Hours, unison, whispering, whisperings
«The democratic youth lives along day by day, gratifying the desire that occurs to him, at one time drinking and listening to the flute, at another downing water and reducing, now practicing gymnastic, and again idling and neglecting everything; and sometimes spending his time as though he were occupied in philosophy.»
Author: Plato
(Philosopher)
| Keywords:
at one time, day by day, Downing, flute, flutes, gratifying, gymnastic, idling, neglecting, occupied, occurs, one time, practicing, reducing
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