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month

Noun

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One of the twelve portions into which the year is divided; the twelfth part of a year, corresponding nearly to the length of a synodic revolution of the moon, -- whence the name. In popular use, a period of four weeks is often called a month.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Time has no divisions to mark its passage, there is never a thunderstorm or blare of trumpets to announce the beginning of a new month or year. Even when a new century begins it is only we mortals who ring bells and fire off pistols. Thomas Mann

Don't sleep too much. If you sleep three hours less each night for a year, you will have an extra month and a half to succeed in. Aristotle Onassis

Some couples go over their budgets very carefully every month. Others just go over them. Katherine Mansfield

It is easier to be a happy bachelor for a year than a widower for a month. Lebanese Proverb

Wait for a month before you praise a horse, and for a year before you praise a woman. Czech Proverb

If you still have money in the month of May, you'll have it the entire year. Sicilian Proverb

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