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Music takes us out of the actual and whispers to us dim secrets that startle our wonder as to who we are, and for what, whence, and whereto.

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Come and trip it as ye go, on the light fantastic toe.

The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, Is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils; The motions of his spirit are dull as night, And his affections dark as Erebus: Let no such man be trusted.
-The Merchant of Venice, V, i

And when love speaks, the voice of all the gods makes heaven drowsy with the harmony
-Taming of the Shrew, IV, iii

If music be the food of love, play on.
-Twelfth Night, I, i

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If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears the beat of a different drummer.

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