One always has to wait until the sugar melts, the memory dies, the wound scars over, the sun sets, the unhappiness lifts and fades away.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIRIf the feminine issue is so absurd, is because the male’s arrogance made it a discussion.
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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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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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Ethics is the triumph of freedom over facticity.
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She was not to look beyond herself for the meaning of her life.
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There is only one solution if old age is not to be an absurd parody of our former life, and that is to go on pursuing ends that give our existence a meaning.
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I love you, with a touch of tragedy and quite madly.
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Fathers never have exactly the daughters they want because they invent a notion a them that the daughters have to conform to.
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Modern woman is everywhere permitted to regard her body as capital for exploitation.
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I am too intelligent, too demanding, and too resourceful for anyone to be able to take charge of me entirely. No one knows me or loves me completely. I have only myself.
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She was ready to deny the existence of space and time rather than admit that love might not be eternal.
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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’s life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, indignation and compassion.
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If you point out that they’re walking in shit they scream it’s you that have dirty feet.
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The oppressor would not be so strong if he did not have accomplices among the oppressed.
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If you live long enough, you’ll see that every victory turns into a defeat.
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