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It is so tiring to hate someone you love.

Simone de Beauvoir

The body is the instrument of our hold on the world.
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Body Spiritual World
History took hold of me and never let me go thereafter.
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History Let Go Myself
Man may reproach women for their dissimulation, but his complacency must be great indeed for him to be so constantly duped.
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Greatness Himself Man Woman
Modern woman is everywhere permitted to regard her body as capital for exploitation.
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Body Herself Woman
Her wings are cut and then she is blamed for not knowing how to fly.
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Blame Fly Herself Wings
Self-knowledge is no guarantee of happiness, but it is on the side of happiness and can supply the courage to fight for it.
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Courage Fight Happiness Knowledge
It is easier to put people in chains than to remove them if the chains bring prestige, said George Bernard Shaw.
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Easy People
One of the benefits that oppression secures for the oppressor is that the humblest among them feels superior.
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Feeling Humble Oppression Secure
No one is more arrogant toward women, more aggressive or scornful, than the man who is anxious about his virility.
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Anger Man Woman
What would Prince Charming have for occupation if he had not to awaken the Sleeping beauty?
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Fantasy Perspective
One’s life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others.
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Life Oneself Value
Oppression tries to defend itself by its utility.
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Oppression Protection
Representation of the world, like the world itself, is the work of men; they describe it from their own point of view, which they confuse with absolute truth.
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Man Truth View World
The characteristic feature of all ethics is to consider human life as a game that can be won or lost and to teach man the means of winning.
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Character Game Human Life Teaching Win
If so few female geniuses are found in history, it is because society denies them any means of expression.
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Expression Female Genius History
People seem to think that if you keep your head empty you automatically fill your balls.
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Empty People Thinking

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