Early August

Famous quotes containing the words early and/or august:

    He had long before indulged most unfavourable sentiments of our fellow-subjects in America. For, as early as 1769,... he had said of them, “Sir, they are a race of convicts, and ought to be thankful for any thing we allow them short of hanging.”
    Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)

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