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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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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

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

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Life in common among people who love each other is the ideal of happiness. – George Sand

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I love acting. Its my playground, it lets me explore. But my happiness in this world – my level of peace – is never going to be dictated by acting. – Chris Evans

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I find that the older I get, the more I see that there really arent huge zeniths of happiness or a huge abyss of darkness as much as there used to be. – Paula Cole

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Happiness seems made to be shared. – Pierre Corneille

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