Why is it so painful to watch a person sink? Because there is something unnatural in it, for nature demands personal progress, evolution, and every backward step means wasted energy.

Quote by August Strindberg

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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.

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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.

Happiness consumes itself like a flame. It cannot burn for ever, it must go out,...

Happiness consumes itself like a flame. It cannot burn for ever, it must go out,...

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...

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.

Memory is what makes us young or old.

Memory is what makes us young or old.

Liars ought to have good memories

Liars ought to have good memories

I have memories - but only a fool stores his past in the future.

I have memories - but only a fool stores his past in the future.

We all have time machines. Some take us back, they're called memories. Others take us...

We all have time machines. Some take us back, they're called memories. Others take us...

The memory is a treasurer to whom we must give funds, if we would draw...

The memory is a treasurer to whom we must give funds, if we would draw...