Christian August

Famous quotes containing the words christian and/or august:

    I’ll not be made a soft and dull-eyed fool
    To shake the head, relent, and sigh, and yield
    To Christian intercessors.
    William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    What an occupation! To sit and flay your fellow men and then offer their skins for sale and expect them to buy them.
    —J. August Strindberg (1849–1912)