To catch a husband is an art; to hold him is a job.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIRNo one is more arrogant toward women, more aggressive or scornful, than the man who is anxious about his virility.
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Literature took the place in my life that had once been occupied by religion: it absorbed me entirely, and transfigured my life.
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I would have to have a bit of heroism and get out of myself. But I love myself so much!
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One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman.
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Counselling man to treat her as a slave while persuading her that she is a queen.
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History took hold of me and never let me go thereafter.
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If you live long enough, you’ll see that every victory turns into a defeat.
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It is in the knowledge of the genuine conditions of our lives that we must draw our strength to live and our reasons for living.
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A man attaches himself to woman — not to enjoy her, but to enjoy himself.
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I tore myself away from the safe comfort of certainties through my love for truth – and truth rewarded me.
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One of the benefits that oppression secures for the oppressor is that the humblest among them feels superior.
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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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A man never begins by presenting himself as an individual of a certain sex; it goes without saying that he is a man.
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Today, however, we are having a hard time living because we are so bent on outwitting death.
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I wish that every human life might be pure transparent freedom.
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If the feminine issue is so absurd, is because the male’s arrogance made it a discussion.
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