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One of the benefits that oppression secures for the oppressor is that the humblest among them feels superior.

Simone de Beauvoir

Girls are weighed down by restrictions, boys with demands – two equally harmful disciplines.
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Discipline Man Woman
But it is impossible for anyone to say ‘I am sacrificing myself’ without feeling bitterness.
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Feeling Impossible Sacrifice
I enjoyed my exhaustion, though; I liked overdoing things.
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Enjoyment Myself
Ethics is the triumph of freedom over facticity.
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Freedom Moral Winner
Whether you think of it as heavenly or as earthly, if you love life immortality is no consultation for death.
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Death Heaven Life Yourself
She was ready to deny the existence of space and time rather than admit that love might not be eternal.
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Existence Herself Love Space Time
The body is not a thing, it is a situation: it is our grasp on the world and our sketch of our project.
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Body Philosophy World
I tried to love you less. I couldn’t.
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Break Up Love Myself Try
I love you, with a touch of tragedy and quite madly.
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I Love You Mad Touch Tragedy
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
You said something very true the other day: that for us, nudity begins with the face.
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Body Naked True Yourself
He reflected. ‘I know a lot of different kids of people; what I want is to show each of them how the others really are. You hear so many lies!
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Different Himself Lie People Reflection
Today, however, we are having a hard time living because we are so bent on outwitting death.
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Death Hard Time Live
Change your life today. Don’t gamble on the future, act now, without delay.
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Act Change Future Life Yourself
That’s what I consider true generosity: You give your all, and yet you always feel as if it costs you nothing.
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Feeling Generosity Myself True
To catch a husband is an art; to hold him is a job.
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Art Husband Marriage

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