Quotes by

August Strindberg

People who keep dogs are cowards who havent got the guts to bite people themselves. – 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. – 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. – August Strindberg

That is the thankless position of the father in the family – the provider for all, and the enemy of all. – August Strindberg

I always disliked dogs, those protectors of cowards who lack the courage to fight an assailant themselves. – August Strindberg

When I free my body from its clothes, from all their buttons, belts, and laces, it seems to me that my soul takes a deeper, freer breath. – August Strindberg