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Birth Quotes - Page 14

If you're not getting older, you're dead.

"The Tavis Smiley Show", www.pbs.org. June 15, 2010.

Joy is that kind of happiness that does not depend on what happens.

David Steindl-Rast (2010). “Music of Silence: A Sacred Journey Through the Hours of the Day (Large Print 16pt)”, p.28, ReadHowYouWant.com

Birth was the death of him.

Samuel Beckett (2012). “Krapp's Last Tape and Other Shorter Plays”, p.109, Faber & Faber

The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.

"The Liar". Play by Pierre Corneille, 1643.

Old age isn't so bad when you consider the alternative.

Quoted in James B. Simpson, Contemporary Quotations (1964)

Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of eighty and gradually approach eighteen.

Mark Twain (2015). “Bite-Size Twain: Wit and Wisdom from the Literary Legend”, p.29, St. Martin's Press

There was a star danced, and under that was I born.

'Much Ado About Nothing' (1598-9) act 2, sc. 1, l. [348]