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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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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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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To attain happiness in another world we need only to believe something, while to secure it in this world we must do something. – Charlotte Perkins Gilman

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There is no happiness outside of ourselves. – Bryant McGill

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The last part, the part youre now approaching, was for Aristotle the most important for happiness. – Charles Van Doren

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Happiness doesnt depend on how much you have to enjoy, but how much you enjoy what you have. – Tom Wilson

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