Every war, every revolution, demands the sacrifice of a generation, of a collectivity, by those who undertake it.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIRIt is so tiring to hate someone you love.
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Weakness’ is weakness only in light of the aims man sets for himself, the instruments at his disposal and the laws he imposes.
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One is not born a genius, one becomes a genius; and the feminine situation has up to the present rendered this becoming practically impossible.
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It was easier for me to think of a world without a creator than of a creator burdened with all the contradictions in the world.
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To catch a husband is an art; to hold him is a job.
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To will oneself moral and to will oneself free are one and the same decision.
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Counselling man to treat her as a slave while persuading her that she is a queen.
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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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One’s life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others.
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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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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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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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There is no justification for present existence other than its expansion into an indefinitely open future.
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Capabilities are clearly manifested only when they have been realized.
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I love you, with a touch of tragedy and quite madly.
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The characteristic feature of all ethics is to consider human life as a game that can be won or lost and to teach man the means of winning.
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