"My father suffered much and toiled painfully all his life, for he had no resources other than the proceeds of his trade from which to support himself and his wife and family."

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Source : "Albrecht Durer: His life and work". Book by Marcel Brion, 1960.

Albrecht Durer

#Father Quotes #Wife Quotes #Support Quotes

“I listen to the people. That was a big reason for my life, maybe the main reason, I'm singing because I love it when people say to me, 'Thank you.' I thank them. It's a marriage.”
“Boredom is your window on the properties of time that one tends to ignore to the likely peril of one's mental equilibrium. It is your window on time's infinity. Once this window opens, don't try to shut it; on the contrary, throw it wide open.”
“Art is a reflection on life. Life isnâ€™t something we can cut and fix. Itâ€™s always in a state of flux.”
“The trace I leave to me means at once my death, to come or already come, and the hope that it will survive me. It is not an ambition of immortality; it is fundamental. I leave here a bit of paper, I leave, I die; it is impossible to exit this structure; it is the unchanging form of my life. Every time I let something go, I live my death in writing.”
“There is no lighter burden, nor more agreeable, than a pen.”
“Treaties of peace, made after war, are entrusted to individuals to negotiate and carry out.”

Source : Richard Cobden (1850). “Speeches on Peace, Financial Reform, Colonial Reform, and Other Subjects: Delivered During 1849”, p.102
“Love thy neighbor as thyself: Do not do to others what thou wouldst not wish be done to thyself: Forgive injuries. Forgive thy enemy, be reconciled to him, give him assistance, invoke God in his behalf.”
“Rick Nielsen, Angus Young. Huge Eddie Van Halen fan when I was younger. Jimmy Page is an enormous one who impacts me. When you grow up with classic rock like that and then you get into punk rock, you defy your roots and where you came from. I never really went through that. Even when I started listening to the Clash or the Sex Pistols, I still always listened to Led Zeppelin or Kiss.”

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