August Strindberg Quotes
What an occupation! To sit and flay your fellow men and then offer their skins for sale and expect them to buy them... view
By: August Strindberg
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... view
By: August Strindberg
That is the thankless position of the father in the family - the provider for all, and the enemy of all... view
By: August Strindberg
People who keep dogs are cowards who haven't got the guts to bite people themselves... view
By: August Strindberg
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... view
By: August Strindberg
I hated her now with a hatred more fatal than indifference because it was the other side of love... view
By: August Strindberg
I always disliked dogs, those protectors of cowards who lack the courage to fight an assailant themselves... view
By: August Strindberg
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... view
By: August Strindberg
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... view
By: August Strindberg
A man with a so-called character is often a simple piece of mechanism.. view
By: August Strindberg
I dream, therefore I exist... view
By: August Strindberg