Girls are weighed down by restrictions, boys with demands – two equally harmful disciplines.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIRTo catch a husband is an art; to hold him is a job.
More Simone de Beauvoir Quotes
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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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Capabilities are clearly manifested only when they have been realized.
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Self-consciousness is not knowledge but a story one tells about oneself.
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Counselling man to treat her as a slave while persuading her that she is a queen.
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The oppressor would not be so strong if he did not have accomplices among the oppressed.
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A man attaches himself to woman — not to enjoy her, but to enjoy himself.
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It is easier to put people in chains than to remove them if the chains bring prestige, said George Bernard Shaw.
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History took hold of me and never let me go thereafter.
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Self-knowledge is no guarantee of happiness, but it is on the side of happiness and can supply the courage to fight for it.
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Because we are separated everything separates us, even our efforts to join each other.
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That the child is the supreme aim of woman is a statement having precisely the value of an advertising slogan.
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If I were the earth it would disgust me, all this vermin on my back, I’d shake it off.
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Be loved, be admired, be necessary; be somebody.
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If you live long enough, you’ll see that every victory turns into a defeat.
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When someone you love dies you pay for the sin of outliving her with a thousand piercing regrets.
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