Music Quotes
The universal language. Musicians and listeners on why rhythm and melody move us like nothing else.
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"Music is the language through which the soul speaks to the soul."Pliny the Elder
"The melody of life is heard not in single notes but in harmonious progression."Pliny the Elder
"The music of a well-ordered state is silence."Diocletian
"Music is the language of the gods."Hadrian
"Music soothes the troubled soul."Hadrian
"Music is mathematics made audible to the human heart."Cato the Elder
"Music is the language of the soul."Cato the Younger
"Music is the language of the gods and the solace of men."Commodus
"A life without music is a life half-lived."Commodus
"Music soothes the warrior's soul when words cannot."Septimius Severus
"The music of a well-governed state is harmony among its people."Constantine I
"Music demonstrates harmony; governance must achieve what music only suggests."Constantine I
"Music speaks to the soul of free men; chains can muffle it but never silence it."Cato the Younger
"In the music of a well-ordered society, each voice has its place."Antoninus Pius
"Music is the language the soul speaks when words fail it."Antoninus Pius
"Music has the power to move the human spirit"Trajan
"Music is the language of the gods"Trajan
"The music of life plays loudest in moments of triumph and tragedy alike."Septimius Severus
"Music soothes the savage breast, but only if there is a savage breast to soothe."Domitian
"Music has the power to unite what discord seeks to divide."Antoninus Pius
"A well-composed melody can heal what medicine cannot touch."Antoninus Pius
"Music is the language that transcends all barriers of nations and tongues."Antoninus Pius
"Music is mathematics made audible to the human heart."Antoninus Pius
"The harmony of music reflects the harmony of a well-ordered state."Antoninus Pius
"Music reaches the parts of the soul that reason cannot touch."Antoninus Pius
"Music echoes the symphony of power when I conduct it."Commodus
"Every note a musician plays is by my permission."Commodus
"Music has the power to move mountains and hearts alike."Vespasian
"In music, I hear the voice of the gods."Hadrian
"Music soothes the savage beast."Nero