Capabilities are clearly manifested only when they have been realized.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIRWhat would Prince Charming have for occupation if he had not to awaken the Sleeping beauty?
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I wish that every human life might be pure transparent freedom.
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You have never had any confidence in him. And if he has no confidence in himself it is because he sees himself through your eyes.
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There is only one solution if old age is not to be an absurd parody of our former life, and that is to go on pursuing ends that give our existence a meaning.
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I could see no reason for being sad. It´s just that it makes me unhappy not to feel happy.
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People seem to think that if you keep your head empty you automatically fill your balls.
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Modern woman is everywhere permitted to regard her body as capital for exploitation.
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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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A man never begins by presenting himself as an individual of a certain sex; it goes without saying that he is a man.
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To be oneself, simply oneself, is so amazing and utterly unique an experience that it’s hard to convince oneself so singular a thing happens to everybody.
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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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I realized that even if we went on talking till Judgment Day, I would still find the time all too short.
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One of the benefits that oppression secures for the oppressor is that the humblest among them feels superior.
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It was easier for me to think of a world without a creator than of a creator burdened with all the contradictions in the world.
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Whether you think of it as heavenly or as earthly, if you love life immortality is no consultation for death.
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When someone you love dies you pay for the sin of outliving her with a thousand piercing regrets.
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