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.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIRWhat would Prince Charming have for occupation if he had not to awaken the Sleeping beauty?
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If so few female geniuses are found in history, it is because society denies them any means of expression.
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Mystery is never more than a mirage that vanishes as we draw near to look at it.
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The oppressor would not be so strong if he did not have accomplices among the oppressed.
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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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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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All success cloaks a surrender.
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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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Change your life today. Don’t gamble on the future, act now, without delay.
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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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Man must not attempt to dispel the ambiguity of his being but, on the contrary, accept the task of realizing it.
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I feel something troubling inside of me which scares me, an exhausting violence. But I accept the great adventure of being me.
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I was made for another planet altogether. I mistook the way.
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If you live long enough, you’ll see that every victory turns into a defeat.
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She was not to look beyond herself for the meaning of her 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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