August Wilderness

Famous quotes containing the words august and/or wilderness:

“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)

“Dost thou not perceive
That Rome is but a wilderness of tigers?”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)