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The sin of smiling whilst Louise was weeping, the sin of shedding my own tears and not hers. The sin of being another being.

Simone de Beauvoir

The body is the instrument of our hold on the world.
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Body Spiritual World
Self-consciousness is not knowledge but a story one tells about oneself.
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Knowledge Oneself Story
The oppressor would not be so strong if he did not have accomplices among the oppressed.
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Oppression Philosophy Strong
When you stubbornly give one man a chance, you arbitrarily deny it to another one.
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Man Philosophy
I tore myself away from the safe comfort of certainties through my love for truth – and truth rewarded me.
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Comfortable Love Myself Safety Truth
Every individual concerned to justify his existence feels that his existence involves an undefined need to transcend himself, to engage in freely chosen projects.
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Existence Feeling Freedom
Her wings are cut and then she is blamed for not knowing how to fly.
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Blame Fly Herself Wings
Mystery is never more than a mirage that vanishes as we draw near to look at it.
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Mystery Philosophy
What is an adult? A child blown up by age.
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Age Children Perspective
It is so tiring to hate someone you love.
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Break Up Hate Love
Youth and what the Italians so prettily call stamina. The vigor, the fire, that enables you to love and create. When you’ve lost that, you’ve lost everything.
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Creation Lost Love Youth
There is no justification for present existence other than its expansion into an indefinitely open future.
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Existence Future Justice Present
I am incapable of conceiving infinity, and yet I do not accept finity. I want this adventure that is the context of my life to go on without end.
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Acceptance Adventure End Life Myself
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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Confidence Eyes Himself See Yourself
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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Be Yourself Experience Oneself
Change your life today. Don’t gamble on the future, act now, without delay.
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Act Change Future Life Yourself

The sin of smiling whilst Louise was weeping, the sin of shedding my own tears and not hers. The sin of being another being.

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The sin of smiling whilst Louise was weeping, the sin of shedding my own tears and not hers. The sin of being another being.

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