Did you hear that? Here are some proverbs and quotes about sound.
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A loaded wagon makes no noise.Really rich people don't talk about their money.
All the sounds of the earth are like music.Oscar Hammerstein
An empty vessel makes much noise.Foolish or stupid people talk too much.
Empty vessels make the greatest sound.
He who lives with an ass, sounds like an ass.
I consider the sound of the sea to be part of my body.Derek Walcott
Listen to the sound of the river and you will get a trout.
Music is the color of sound.(unknown author)
Nothing moved in the waste, save the vapour and the water, and every now and again a black and ominous crow. The only sound was the sound of the stony water, and every now and again the harsh croak of a bird. Balin shuddered.J.R.R. Tolkien
Source: The Hobbit - Chapter 11 - On the Doorstep
About the Desolation of the Dragon.
Once I dreamt of a form of poetry created by the sound of feet walking in the grass.Cecilia Vicuna
One who is noisy in the wood, scares away mushrooms.
There is no woman who sleeps so deeply that the sound of a guitar won’t bring her to the window.
When there is an original sound in the world, it makes a hundred echoes.John A. Shedd
Whenever I hear of the capture of rare beetles, I feel like an old war-horse at the sound of a trumpet.Charles Darwin
Whether it was magic or not, it seemed to Bilbo that he heard a sound like wind in the branches stirring in the rafters, and the hoot of owls.J.R.R. Tolkien
Source: The Hobbit - Chapter 7 - Queer Lodgings
Words are sounds of the heart.
