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.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIRLife is occupied in both perpetuating itself and in surpassing itself; if all it does is maintain itself, then living is only not dying.
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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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When you stubbornly give one man a chance, you arbitrarily deny it to another one.
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Man must not attempt to dispel the ambiguity of his being but, on the contrary, accept the task of realizing it.
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Death itself does not frighten me; it is the jump I am afraid of.
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All oppression creates a state of war. And this is no exception.
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I would have to have a bit of heroism and get out of myself. But I love myself so much!
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Some things I loved have vanished. A great many others have been given to me.
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I enjoyed my exhaustion, though; I liked overdoing things.
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Mystery is never more than a mirage that vanishes as we draw near to look at it.
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But it is impossible for anyone to say ‘I am sacrificing myself’ without feeling bitterness.
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Literature took the place in my life that had once been occupied by religion: it absorbed me entirely, and transfigured my life.
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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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One’s life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others.
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Today, however, we are having a hard time living because we are so bent on outwitting death.
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I tried to love you less. I couldn’t.
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