Tone Equal Temperament

Famous quotes containing the words tone, equal and/or temperament:

    “Self-confidence is apt to address itself to an imaginary dullness in others; as people who are well off speak in a cajoling tone to the poor.”
    —George Eliot [Mary Ann (or Marian)

    “In companions
    That do converse and waste the time together,
    Whose souls do bear an equal yoke of love,
    There must be needs a like proportion
    Of lineaments, of manners, and of spirit.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “These philosophers dwell on the inevitability and unchangeableness of laws, on the power of temperament and constitution, the three goon, or qualities, and the circumstances, or birth and affinity. The end is an immense consolation; eternal absorption in Brahma.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)