Famous quotes containing the words gave birth, gave and/or birth:
“The French Revolution gave birth to no artists but only to a great journalist, Desmoulins, and to an under-the-counter writer, Sade. The only poet of the times was the guillotine.”
—Albert Camus (1913–1960)
“I gave up my shame,
lost my virginity
and became notorious
for his sake.
Dear Friend,
this same man
has now become
a complete stranger.”
—Hla Stavhana (c. 50 A.D.)
“At birth man is offered only one choice—the choice of his death. But if this choice is governed by distaste for his own existence, his life will never have been more than meaningless.”
—Jean-Pierre Melville (1917–1973)