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Ethics is the triumph of freedom over facticity.

Simone de Beauvoir

But it is impossible for anyone to say ‘I am sacrificing myself’ without feeling bitterness.
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Feeling Impossible Sacrifice
When you stubbornly give one man a chance, you arbitrarily deny it to another one.
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Man Philosophy
The body is the instrument of our hold on the world.
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Body Spiritual World
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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Greatness Himself Man Woman
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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Acceptance Man
What is an adult? A child blown up by age.
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Age Children Perspective
I was made for another planet altogether. I mistook the way.
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Mistake Myself
I wish that every human life might be pure transparent freedom.
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Freedom Human 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
I tried to love you less. I couldn’t.
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Break Up Love Myself Try
Man is defined as a human being and a woman as a female — whenever she behaves as a human being she is said to imitate the male.
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Human Man Woman
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
To will oneself moral and to will oneself free are one and the same decision.
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Decision Freedom Oneself Willing
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
No one is more arrogant toward women, more aggressive or scornful, than the man who is anxious about his virility.
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Anger Man Woman
Some things I loved have vanished. A great many others have been given to me.
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Blessing Greatness Love Myself

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