Tone Equal Temperament

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

“When you listen to gongs and drums, listen to the music; when you listen to someone talk, listen to his tone of voice.”
—Chinese proverb.

“A sub-clerk in the post-office is the equal of a conqueror if consciousness is common to them.”
—Albert Camus (1913–1960)

“Although this garrulity of advising is born with us, I confess that life is rather a subject of wonder, than of didactics. So much fate, so much irresistible dictation from temperament and unknown inspiration enter into it, that we doubt we can say anything out of our own experience whereby to help each other.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)