"In the middle classes the gifted son of a family is always the poorest -- usually a writer or artist with no sense for speculation -- and in a family of peasants, where the average comfort is just over penury, the gifted son sinks also, and is soon a tramp on the roadside."

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Source : John Millington Synge (2008). “The Complete Works of J. M. Synge”, p.235, Wordsworth Editions

John Millington Synge

#Family Quotes #Son Quotes #Artist Quotes

“I take that as an insult, even at 36.”
“You have a right to experiment with your life. You will make mistakes. And they are right too.”
“Nevertheless, the basic forms, spaces, and appearances must be logical”
“Nothing's boring if it's in your soul.”

Source : David Drake (2010). “The Complete Hammer's Slammers: Volume 3”, p.264, Baen Publishing Enterprises
“I'm not a good enough musician to like completely master something in a couple of days and turn it around.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“The great weight of the ship may indeed prevent her from acquiring her greatest velocity; but when she has attained it, she will advance by her own intrinsic motion, without gaining any new degree of velocity, or lessening what she has acquired.”

Source : William Falconer (2012). “Falconers Marine Dictionary (1780)”, p.252, BoD – Books on Demand
“This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children.”
“In a gentle way, you can shake the world.”

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