Famous quotes containing the words gave and/or birth:
“Sure, he, that made us with such large discourse,
Looking before and after, gave us not
That capability and god-like reason,
To fust in us unused.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“When we consider how much climate contributes to the happiness of our condition, by the fine sensation it excites, and the productions it is the parent of, we have reason to value highly the accident of birth in such a one as that of Virginia.”
—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)