Birth Rate Decline

Famous quotes containing the words birth, rate and/or decline:

    “Heaven does not permit the birth of useless people.”
    —Chinese proverb.

    “If I die prematurely at any rate I shall be saved from being bored to death at my own success.”
    —Samuel Butler (1835–1902)

    “We can recognize the dawn and the decline of love by the uneasiness we feel when alone together.”
    —Jean De La Bruyère (1645–1696)