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Quote by August Strindberg
Happiness consumes itself like a flame. It cannot burn for ever, i

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

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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

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

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

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Joy never feasts so high as when the first course is of misery. – John Suckling

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It is the personality of the mistress that the home expresses. Men are forever guests in our homes, no matter how much happiness they may find there. – Elsie de Wolfe

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Our nation was founded on the principals of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. – Leonard Boswell

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