Life
His parents, William and Mary Batman, came to Sydney in 1797 aboard the Ganges. John was born in 1801 at Rosehill, Parramatta (now a suburb of Sydney).
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Famous quotes containing the word life:
“we two
With life forever old yet new,
Changed not in kind but in degree,
The instant made eternity”
—Robert Browning (18121889)
“There are two times in a mans life when he should not speculate: when he cant afford it, and when he can.”
—Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (18351910)
“There is a right according to which we may deprive a human being of his life but none according to which we may deprive him of his death: to do so is mere cruelty.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (18441900)