Better a good journalist than a poor assassin.
JEAN-PAUL SARTREWords are loaded pistols.
More Jean-Paul Sartre Quotes
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I said to myself, ‘I want to die decently’.
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I wanted my own words. But the ones I use have been dragged through I don’t know how many consciences.
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One always dies too soon – or too late. And yet one’s whole life is complete at that moment, with a line drawn neatly under it, ready for the summing up. You are — your life, and nothing else.
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Once you hear the details of victory, it is hard to distinguish it from a defeat.
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Better to die on one’s feet than to live on one’s knees.
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Fear? If I have gained anything by damning myself, it is that I no longer have anything to fear.
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It’s strange. I felt less lonely when I didn’t know you.
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You are — your life, and nothing else.
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It is only in our decisions that we are important.
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I am going to outlive myself. Eat, sleep, sleep, eat. Exist slowly, softly, like these trees, like a puddle of water, like the red bench in the streetcar.
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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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The worst part about being lied to is knowing you weren’t worth the truth.
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There is no human nature, since there is no god to conceive it.
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What is there to fear in such a regular world?
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Genius is what a man invents when he is looking for a way out.
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