Died August

Famous quotes containing the words died and/or august:

    I tell the tale that I heard told.
    Mithridates, he died old.
    —A.E. (Alfred Edward)

    Why is it so painful to watch a person sink? Because there is something unnatural in it, for nature demands personal progress, evolution, and every backward step means wasted energy.
    —J. August Strindberg (1849–1912)