Born

Famous quotes containing the word born:

“It is true that genius takes its rise out of the mountains of rectitude; that all beauty and power which men covet are somehow born out of that Alpine district; that any extraordinary degree of beauty in man or woman involves a moral charm.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

“We are born, so to speak, twice over; born into existence, and born into life; born a human being, and born a man.”
—Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778)

“My family pride is something inconceivable. I can’t help it. I was born sneering.”
—Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)