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August Strindberg

People who keep dogs are cowards who haven't got the guts to bite people themselves.

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August Strindberg is saying that people who own dogs use the animals to do the aggressive or confrontational things they are too afraid to do themselves. He implies that relying on dogs to defend or attack shows a lack of personal courage.

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