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· <blockquote><a href="http://quotationsbook.com/author/7026/">Quotes by <em>Strindberg, J. August</em></a></blockquote><br> From <a href="http://quotationsbook.com">Quotations Book</a> ·

Johan August Strindberg (January 22, 1849 - May 14, 1912) was a Swedish writer, playwright, and painter. Along with Henrik Ibsen, Søren Kierkegaard and Hans Christian Andersen he is arguably the most influential and most important of all Scandinavian authors. Strindberg is known as one of the fathers of modern theatre. His work falls into two major literary movements, Naturalism and Expressionism. · Can we improve this biography? Write us your version

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

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"I dream, therefore I exist."

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"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."

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"Family... the home of all social evil, a charitable institution for comfortable women, an anchorage for house-fathers, and a hell for children."

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

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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."

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"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."

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"The hood-winked husband shows his anger, and the word jealous is flung in his face. Jealous husband equals betrayed husband. And there are women who look upon jealousy as synonymous with impotence, so that the betrayed husband can only shut his eyes, powerless in the face of such accusations."

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"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."

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"Antipathy, dissimilarity of views, hate, contempt, can accompany true love."

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