We only become what we are by the radical and deep-seated refusal of that which others have made of us.
JEAN-PAUL SARTREAll that I know about my life, it seems, I have learned in books.
More Jean-Paul Sartre Quotes
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Better to die on one’s feet than to live on one’s knees.
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I do not think, therefore I am a moustache.
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I wanted the moments of my life to follow and order themselves like those of a life remembered. You might as well try and catch time by the tail.
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All men are Prophets or else God does not exist.
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You’re lucky. I’m always conscious of myself —in my mind. Painfully conscious.
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There is no human nature, since there is no god to conceive it.
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You must be like me; you must suffer in rhythm.
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I never could bear the idea of anyone’s expecting something from me. It always made me want to do the opposite.
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Genius is what a man invents when he is looking for a way out.
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If you’re lonely when you’re alone, you’re in bad company.
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When the rich wage war it’s the poor who die.
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Life begins on the other side of despair.
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It was odd, he thought, that a man could hate himself as though he were someone else.
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Death is a continuation of my life without me.
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I am myself and I am here.
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