Friedrich Nietzsche's philosophy sprang from pessimism, yet issued in an optimism of unheard-of exaltation; carrying, however, to the end its plainly visible birthmarks.
"Prophets of Dissent Essays on Maeterlinck, Strindberg, Nietzsche and Tolstoy"
Otto Heller
As soon as the baby is born, the worried mother asks in anxious tones: "Doctor, is it all right, is it perfect, has it got any birthmarks?"
"The Mother and Her Child"
William S. Sadler Lena K. Sadler
The foreman of the jury wanted to know if the witness's son had any birthmarks on him, or other palpable means of identification.
"The Heart of a Woman"
Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy