Born

Famous quotes containing the word born:

    “Oh, little brown girl, born for sorrow’s mate,
    Keep all you have of queenliness,
    Forgetting that you once were slave,
    And let your full lips laugh at Fate!”
    —Gwendolyn B. Bennett (1902–1981)

    “Happy Rome, born in my consulship!”
    —Marcus Tullius Cicero (106–43 B.C.)

    “He was born in Alabama.
    He was bred in Illinois.
    He was nothing but a
    Plain black boy.”
    —Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)