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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People who keep dogs are cowards who havent got the guts to bite people themselves. – 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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dad
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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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I can only point out a curious fact. Year after year the Nobel Awards bring a moment of happiness not only to the recipients, not only to colleagues and friends of the recipients, but even to strangers. – Alfred Day Hershey

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Is it not clear, however, that bliss and envy are the numerator and denominator of the fraction called happiness? – Yevgeny Zamyatin

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Happiness is found in doing, not merely possessing. – Napoleon Hill

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Joy is more divine than sorrow; for joy is bread, and sorrow is medicine. – Henry Ward Beecher

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So many financial dreams are thwarted by the failure to act upon good intentions. – Suze Orman

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Those who prepared for all the emergencies of life beforehand may equip themselves at the expense of joy. – E. M. Forster

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Good character is not formed in a week or a month. It is created little by little, day by day. Protracted and patient effort is needed to develop good character. – Heraclitus

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If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance. – George Bernard Shaw

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