When you stubbornly give one man a chance, you arbitrarily deny it to another one.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIRThat the child is the supreme aim of woman is a statement having precisely the value of an advertising slogan.
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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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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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It is in the knowledge of the genuine conditions of our lives that we must draw our strength to live and our reasons for living.
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She was not to look beyond herself for the meaning of her life.
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What would Prince Charming have for occupation if he had not to awaken the Sleeping beauty?
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Every war, every revolution, demands the sacrifice of a generation, of a collectivity, by those who undertake it.
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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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If the feminine issue is so absurd, is because the male’s arrogance made it a discussion.
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People seem to think that if you keep your head empty you automatically fill your balls.
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One always has to wait until the sugar melts, the memory dies, the wound scars over, the sun sets, the unhappiness lifts and fades away.
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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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But it is impossible for anyone to say ‘I am sacrificing myself’ without feeling bitterness.
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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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If you point out that they’re walking in shit they scream it’s you that have dirty feet.
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Some things I loved have vanished. A great many others have been given to me.
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