Famous quotes containing the words affair, preface and/or defense:
“Snarls and sobs show that a love affair is getting serious.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
“I suspect by the account you give me of your garden, that you mean a surprise. As good singers always preface their performance by complaints of cold, hoarseness &c.”
—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)
“For there is no defense for a man who, in the excess of his wealth, has kicked the great altar of Justice out of sight.”
—Aeschylus (525–456 B.C.)