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I tore myself away from the safe comfort of certainties through my love for truth – and truth rewarded me.

Simone de Beauvoir

No one is more arrogant toward women, more aggressive or scornful, than the man who is anxious about his virility.
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Anger Man Woman
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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Beginning Himself Man Sex
It is dreadful to think that behind me my own past is no longer anything but shifting darkness.
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Darkness Past Philosophy Thinking
History took hold of me and never let me go thereafter.
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History Let Go Myself
What is an adult? A child blown up by age.
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Age Children Perspective
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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Creation Easy Thinking World
Oppression tries to defend itself by its utility.
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Oppression Protection
I would have to have a bit of heroism and get out of myself. But I love myself so much!
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Myself Self Love
Every war, every revolution, demands the sacrifice of a generation, of a collectivity, by those who undertake it.
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Demand Sacrifice War
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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Acceptance Man
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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Easy People
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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Acceptance Adventure End Life Myself
When you stubbornly give one man a chance, you arbitrarily deny it to another one.
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Man Philosophy
Whether you think of it as heavenly or as earthly, if you love life immortality is no consultation for death.
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Death Heaven Life Yourself
A man attaches himself to woman — not to enjoy her, but to enjoy himself.
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Attachment Enjoyment Himself Man Woman
To will oneself moral and to will oneself free are one and the same decision.
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Decision Freedom Oneself Willing

I tore myself away from the safe comfort of certainties through my love for truth – and truth rewarded me.

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