August Strindberg Quotes
Top 50 wise famous quotes and sayings by August Strindberg
August Strindberg Famous Quotes & Sayings
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PASTOR. Violence aside now, admit that he suffers from fixed ideas. DOCTOR. I think your ideas are even more fixed, pastor! PASTOR
What is economics? A science invented by the upper class in order to acquire the fruits of the labor of the underclass
I always disliked dogs, those protectors of cowards who lack the courage to fight an assailant themselves.
LAWYER. Justice that destroys itself in seeking to be just! - - - Right, that so often fosters wrong!!! DAUGHTER
Family ... the home of all social evil, a charitable institution for comfortable women, an anchorage for house-fathers, and a hell for children.
Now I know the full power of evil. It makes ugliness seem beautiful and goodness seem ugly and weak.
I find my joy of living in the fierce and ruthless battles of life, and my pleasure comes from learning something.
I prefer silence. Then you can hear thoughts and see into the past.
In silence you can't hide anything ... as you can in words.
In silence you can't hide anything ... as you can in words.
Life is not so idiotically mathematical that only the big eat the small; it is just as common for a bee to kill a lion or at least to drive it mad.
Not everyone is capable of madness; and of those lucky enough to be capable, not many have the courage for it.
When women grow old and cease being women, they get beards on their chins; I wonder what men get when they grow old and cease to be men?
That is the thankless position of the father in the family - the provider for all, and the enemy of all.
Every moment of enjoyment
Brings to some one else a sorrow,
But your sorrow gladdens no one,
For from sorrow naught but sorrow springs.
Brings to some one else a sorrow,
But your sorrow gladdens no one,
For from sorrow naught but sorrow springs.
LAURA. Yes! It's strange, but I've never been able to look at a man without feeling I'm his superior. CAPTAIN
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.