Famous quotes containing the words affair, preface and/or defense:
“A man’s dying is more the survivors’ affair than his own.”
—Thomas Mann (1875–1955)
“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)
“The aims of life are the best defense against death.”
—Primo Levi (1919–1987)