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No man born of woman has ever understood spoken Portuguese.

Patrick O'Brian (2000). “Blue at the Mizzen (Vol. Book 20) (Aubrey/Maturin Novels)”, p.53, W. W. Norton & Company

Love is born of idleness and, once born, by idleness is fostered.

Ovid (1932). “The Love Books of Ovid”, p.203, Biblo & Tannen Publishers

I am a born antinomian. I am one of those who are made for exceptions, not for laws. But while I see that there is nothing wrong in what one does, I see that there is something wrong in what one becomes.

Oscar Wilde, Russell Jackson, Ian Small (2000). “The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: De profundis, "Epistola : in carcere et vinculis"”, p.98, Oxford University Press on Demand

Yes, I had cancer. Right now, I am totally clean. The only realities in life are that you are born, and that you die.

"Naomi Campbell and Taylor Swift lead tributes to iconic designer Oscar de la Renta who has died" by Katy Forrester, www.mirror.co.uk. October 21, 2014.

It's what I was born for, isn't it? If I don't go, why am I alive?

Orson Scott Card (2010). “Ender's Game”, p.32, Macmillan

You are worthy because you were born.

FaceBook post by Oprah Winfrey from Oct 11, 2011

I was born and raised in a suburb of Paris by a working-class family.

"Olivier Martinez: Liberté, Egalité, Sensualité - Enter a New International Heartthrob". Interview with Vince Passaro, www.interviewmagazine.com. May 2002.

No great man is ever born too soon or too late.

Norman Douglas (2014). “South Wind”, p.120, Courier Corporation

No fish can swim until the King is born, until the King is born in Tupelo.

Nick Cave (2007). “The Complete Lyrics: 1978-2013”, p.99, Penguin UK

What? Were you born stupid, or did you just die that way?

Neal Shusterman (2011). “Neal Shusterman's Skinjacker Trilogy: Everlost; Everwild; Everfound”, p.104, Simon and Schuster