Some people have accused my ...

Some people have accused my tragedy of being too sad, as though one desired a merry tragedy. People clamor for Enjoyment as though Enjoyment consisted in being foolish. I find enjoyment in the powerful and terrible struggles of life; and the capability of experiencing something, of learning something, gives me pleasure.
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 August Strindberg

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Those who won't accept evil never get anything good.
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 August Strindberg
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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 August Strindberg
What is economics? A science invented by the upper class in order to acquire the fruits of the labor of the underclass
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 August Strindberg
In the old days, one married a wife; now one forms a company with a female partner, or moves in to live with a friend. And then one seduces the partner, or defiles the friend.
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 August Strindberg
I, too, am beginning to feel an immense need to become a savage and create a new world.
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 August Strindberg