August Strindberg

There are poisons that blind you, and poisons that open your eyes. ↗

— August Strindberg

#poison #sight #vision #vision

Autumn is my spring! ↗

— August Strindberg

#dreams

Those who won't accept evil never get anything good. ↗

— August Strindberg

#life-lessons #life

That is the thankless position of the father in the family - the provider for all, and the enemy of all. ↗

— August Strindberg

#enemy #family #father #position #provider

A man with a so-called character is often a simple piece of mechanism; he has often only one point of view for the extremely complicated relationships of life. ↗

— August Strindberg

#complicated #extremely #life #man #mechanism

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

#born #conventions #different #different points #exist

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

#cannot #consumes #destroys #end #ever

People who keep dogs are cowards who haven't got the guts to bite people themselves. ↗

— August Strindberg

#bite #cowards #dogs #got #guts

People are constantly clamoring for the joy of life. As for me, I find the joy of life in the hard and cruel battle of life - to learn something is a joy to me. ↗

— August Strindberg

#constantly #cruel #find #hard #i

What an occupation! To sit and flay your fellow men and then offer their skins for sale and expect them to buy them. ↗

— August Strindberg

#expect #fellow #fellow men #men #occupation