Quote by J. 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.

What an occupation! To sit and flay your fellow men and then

Summary

This quote reflects on the immoral nature of certain professions where people metaphorically exploit others for personal gain. It criticizes the audacity of those individuals who not only harm others, but also attempt to profit from their suffering. The phrase "sit and flay" metaphorically implies actively causing harm to others, while offering their "skins for sale" symbolizes the attempt to benefit from their pain. In essence, the quote highlights the hypocrisy and unethical nature of certain occupations that undermine the well-being and dignity of others.

Topics

Authors & Writing

By J. August Strindberg

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

Objects we ardently pursue bring little happiness when gaine

Objects we ardently pursue bring little happiness when gained most of our pleasures come from unexpected sources.

Herbert Spencer

Happiness

As crucial as religion has been and is to the life of the na

As crucial as religion has been and is to the life of the nation, America's unifying force has never been a specific faith, but a commitment to freedom - not least freedom of conscience.

Faith

Growing up human is uniquely a matter of social relations ra

Growing up human is uniquely a matter of social relations rather than biology. What we learn from connections within the family takes the place of instincts that program the behavior of animals; which raises the question, how good are these connections?

Elizabeth Janeway

Family

A lot of people out there pay good lip service to the idea o

A lot of people out there pay good lip service to the idea of personal freedom... right up to the point that someone tries to do something that they don't personally approve of.

Never have more children than you have car windows.

Never have more children than you have car windows.

Car

A human being's first responsibility is to shake hands with

A human being's first responsibility is to shake hands with himself.

Responsibility

Through no divine design or cosmic plan, we have inherited t

Through no divine design or cosmic plan, we have inherited the mantle of life's caretaker on the earth, the only home we have ever known.

Michael Shermer

Design

Playing live if the thing I love doing best.

Playing live if the thing I love doing best.

Love

Woman, in short, has an unconscious life, man a conscious li

Woman, in short, has an unconscious life, man a conscious life, and the genius the most conscious life.

Life Man

And I went to New York and died for 10 years I walked those

And I went to New York and died for 10 years I walked those pavements. I can't think of New York without feeling uncomfortable and feeling like a failure.

Failure

My mother told me on several different occasions that she wa

My mother told me on several different occasions that she was livin' her dream vicariously through me. She once said that I was getting' to do all the things that she would have wanted to have done.

Mom

You behold a range of exhausted volcanoes. Not a flame flick

You behold a range of exhausted volcanoes. Not a flame flickers on a single pallid crest.

Benjamin Disraeli

Parliament