To will oneself moral and to will oneself free are one and the same decision.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIRTo catch a husband is an art; to hold him is a job.
More Simone de Beauvoir Quotes
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Counselling man to treat her as a slave while persuading her that she is a queen.
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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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But it is impossible for anyone to say ‘I am sacrificing myself’ without feeling bitterness.
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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 enjoyed my exhaustion, though; I liked overdoing things.
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To abstain from politics is in itself a political attitude.
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I could see no reason for being sad. It´s just that it makes me unhappy not to feel happy.
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Her wings are cut and then she is blamed for not knowing how to fly.
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I tried to love you less. I couldn’t.
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Change your life today. Don’t gamble on the future, act now, without delay.
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Self-consciousness is not knowledge but a story one tells about oneself.
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The body is not a thing, it is a situation: it is our grasp on the world and our sketch of our project.
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Freedom is the source from which all significations and all values spring. It is the original condition of all justification of existence.
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Every war, every revolution, demands the sacrifice of a generation, of a collectivity, by those who undertake it.
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Youth and what the Italians so prettily call stamina. The vigor, the fire, that enables you to love and create. When you’ve lost that, you’ve lost everything.
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