Isaac Newton — "I was born in the year of the comet."
I was born in the year of the comet.
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Referring to the Great Comet of 1618, though he was born in 1642. This is likely a poetic or symbolic statement rather than literal.
Date: Uncertain, possibly a personal reflection.
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