Johann Sebastian Bach — "It is true that I have taken a wife from the nobility, but she is a good housewi…"
It is true that I have taken a wife from the nobility, but she is a good housewife.
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Attributed, possibly in response to criticism or observation about his marriage to Anna Magdalena Bach, who was from a lower social standing than some of his previous positions might have expected.
Date: 1721 (marriage)
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