August Strindberg Quotes & Sayings
11 most famous August Strindberg quotes and sayings. These are the first 10 quotes we have for him. He was a Swedish dramatist who passed away on 14 May, 1912.
“That is the thankless position of the father in the family - the provider for all, and the enemy of all.”
“Happiness consumes itself like a flame. It cannot burn for ever, it must go out, and the presentiment of its end destroys it at its very peak.”
“People who keep dogs are cowards who haven't got the guts to bite people themselves.”
“I dream, therefore I exist.”
“I always disliked dogs, those protectors of cowards who lack the courage to fight an assailant themselves.”
“What an occupation! To sit and flay your fellow men and then offer their skins for sale and expect them to buy them.”
“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.”
“I hated her now with a hatred more fatal than indifference because it was the other side of love.”
“People are constantly clamoring for the joy of life. As for me, I find the joy of life in the hard and cruel battle of life - to learn something is a joy to me.”
“Friendship can only exist between persons with similar interests and points of view. Man and woman by the conventions of society are born with different interests and different points of view.”
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