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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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That is the thankless position of the father in the family – the provider for all, and the enemy of all. – 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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I try to stress to my children that buying something never leads to true happiness. – Harlan Coben

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I always had a larger view. Im interested in real life – my family, my friends. I have tried never to define myself by my success, whatever that is. My happiness is way beyond roles and awards. – Amy Adams

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Happiness depends more on how life strikes you than on what happens. – Andy Rooney

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I adored Mickey Mouse when I was a child. He was the emblem of happiness and funniness. – Maurice Sendak

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Knowledge without justice ought to be called cunning rather than wisdom. – Plato

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We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it. – George Bernard Shaw, Candida, 1898

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How wonderful that we have met with a paradox. Now we have some hope of making progress. – Niels Bohr

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