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.

Quote by August Strindberg

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Why is it so painful to watch a person sink? Because there is something unnatural...

Why is it so painful to watch a person sink? Because there is something unnatural...

I love her and she loves me, and we hate each other with a wild...

I love her and she loves me, and we hate each other with a wild...

No matter how far we travel, the memories will follow in the baggage car.

No matter how far we travel, the memories will follow in the baggage car.

I dream, therefore I exist.

I dream, therefore I exist.

Society is madhouse whose wardens are the officials and the police

Society is madhouse whose wardens are the officials and the police

Oh, I have loved him too much to feel no hate for him.

Oh, I have loved him too much to feel no hate for him.

Friendship can only exist between persons with similar interests and points of view. Man and...

Friendship can only exist between persons with similar interests and points of view. Man and...

I always disliked dogs, those protectors of cowards who lack the courage to fight an...

I always disliked dogs, those protectors of cowards who lack the courage to fight an...

That is the thankless position of the father in the family - the provider for...

That is the thankless position of the father in the family - the provider for...

I hated her now with a hatred more fatal than indifference because it was the...

I hated her now with a hatred more fatal than indifference because it was the...

A man with a so-called character is often a simple piece of mechanism; he has...

A man with a so-called character is often a simple piece of mechanism; he has...

People are constantly clamoring for the joy of life. As for me, I find the...

People are constantly clamoring for the joy of life. As for me, I find the...

People are constantly clamoring for the joy of life. As for me, I find the...

People are constantly clamoring for the joy of life. As for me, I find the...

What an occupation! To sit and flay your fellow men and then offer their skins...

What an occupation! To sit and flay your fellow men and then offer their skins...

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

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

True courage is completing the things you say while cowardice is just saying the things...

True courage is completing the things you say while cowardice is just saying the things...

Fear has its use but cowardice has none.

Fear has its use but cowardice has none.

Humanitarianism is the expression of stupidity and cowardice.

Humanitarianism is the expression of stupidity and cowardice.

It is better to be a coward for a minute than dead for the rest...

It is better to be a coward for a minute than dead for the rest...

The most cowardly thing in the world is blaming mistakes upon the umpires. Too many...

The most cowardly thing in the world is blaming mistakes upon the umpires. Too many...