That is the thankless position of the father in the family - the provider for all, and the enemy of all.
More Quotes from August Strindberg:
Sorrow has the fortunate peculiarity that it preys upon itself. It dies of starvation. Since it is essentially an interruption of habits, it can be replaced by new habits. Constituting, as it does, a void, it is soon filled up by a real ''horror vacuum.''August Strindberg
What an occupation! To sit and flay your fellow men and then offer their skins for sale and expect them to buy them.
August Strindberg
Family... the home of all social evil, a charitable institution for comfortable women, an anchorage for house-fathers, and a hell for children.
August Strindberg
I always disliked dogs, those protectors of cowards who lack the courage to fight an assailant themselves.
August Strindberg
I love her and she loves me, and we hate each other with a wild hatred born of love.
August Strindberg
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