Born/people

Famous quotes containing the words born and/or people:

    “We are born each morning, shelled upon
    A sheet of light that paves
    The palaces of sight, and brings again
    The river shining through the field of graves.”
    —Philip Larkin (1922–1986)

    “The Persians are called the French of the East; we will call the Arabs Oriental Italians. A gifted noble people; a people of wild strong feelings, and of iron restraint over these: the characteristic of noblemindedness, of genius.”
    —Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881)