August

August

August (i/ˈɔːɡʊst/ AW-guust) is the eighth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian Calendars and one of seven months with a length of 31 days.

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Famous quotes containing the word august:

    “I always disliked dogs, those protectors of cowards who lack the courage to fight an assailant themselves.”
    —J. August Strindberg (1849–1912)

    “Ancient of days! august Athena! where,
    Where are thy men of might? thy grand in soul?
    Gone—glimmering through the dream of things that were.”
    —George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)

    “That is the thankless position of the father in the family—the provider for all, and the enemy of all.”
    —J. August Strindberg (1849–1912)