But it is impossible for anyone to say ‘I am sacrificing myself’ without feeling bitterness.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIRThe oppressor would not be so strong if he did not have accomplices among the oppressed.
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Oppression tries to defend itself by its utility.
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I love you, with a touch of tragedy and quite madly.
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Be loved, be admired, be necessary; be somebody.
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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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When you stubbornly give one man a chance, you arbitrarily deny it to another one.
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It is dreadful to think that behind me my own past is no longer anything but shifting darkness.
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Ethics is the triumph of freedom over facticity.
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It is so tiring to hate someone you love.
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Man is defined as a human being and a woman as a female — whenever she behaves as a human being she is said to imitate the male.
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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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Self-consciousness is not knowledge but a story one tells about oneself.
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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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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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I am incapable of conceiving infinity, and yet I do not accept finity. I want this adventure that is the context of my life to go on without end.
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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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