When aristocrats pretend they're common people -- they get common! — August Strindberg Copy Share Image
Religion must be a punishment, because nobody gets religion who does not have a bad conscience. — August Strindberg Copy Share Image
Meeting each other and leaving each other. Leaving and meeting. That's what life is! — August Strindberg Copy Share Image
What people call success is only preparation for the next failure. — August Strindberg Copy Share Image
By attempting the impossible one can attain the highest level of the possible. — August Strindberg Copy Share Image
The will ... is the driving force of the mind. If it's injured, the mind falls to pieces. — August Strindberg Copy Share Image
I prefer silence. Then you can hear thoughts and see into the past. In silence you can’t hide anything … as you… — August Strindberg Copy Share Image
Not everyone is capable of madness; and of those lucky enough to be capable, not many have the courage for it. — August Strindberg Copy Share Image
Not everyone is capable of madness; and of those lucky enough to be capable, not many have the courage for it. — August Strindberg Copy Share
People who keep dogs are cowards who haven't got the guts to bite people themselves. — August Strindberg Copy Share
“It appears from these letters that for some time past you have been arraying my old friends against me by spreading reports about my… — August Strindberg Copy Share
Everything can happen, everything is possible and probable. Time and place do not exist; on a significant bases of reality, the imagination spins, weaving… — August Strindberg Copy Share
“LAWYER. Justice that destroys itself in seeking to be just!— — —Right, that so often fosters wrong!!! DAUGHTER” — August Strindberg Copy Share
“CAPTAIN. Well, you dear, have I forgotten it? You have been like a mother to me, and always have stood by me when I… — August Strindberg Copy Share
Now I know the full power of evil. It makes ugliness seem beautiful and goodness seem ugly and weak. — August Strindberg Copy Share
“My daughter became my enemy when she had to choose between me and you. And you, my wife, you have been my archenemy, because… — August Strindberg Copy Share
“LAURA. Suppose that I was prepared to bear anything, even to being despised and driven out, everything for the sake of being able to… — August Strindberg Copy Share
“Now you have fulfilled your function as an unfortunately necessary father and breadwinner, you are not needed any longer and you must go.” — August Strindberg Copy Share
“The mother was your friend, you see, but the woman was your enemy, and love between the sexes is strife. Do not think that… — August Strindberg Copy Share
