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But it is impossible for anyone to say ‘I am sacrificing myself’ without feeling bitterness.

Simone de Beauvoir

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
Sex pleasure in women is a kind of magic spell; it demands complete abandon; if words or movements oppose the magic of caresses, the spell is broken.
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Break Magic Sex Woman
History took hold of me and never let me go thereafter.
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History Let Go Myself
All oppression creates a state of war. And this is no exception.
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Creation Oppression War
It is in the knowledge of the genuine conditions of our lives that we must draw our strength to live and our reasons for living.
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Knowledge Live Ourselves Reason Strength
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
I realized that even if we went on talking till Judgment Day, I would still find the time all too short.
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Judgement Love Myself Relationship Time
A man attaches himself to woman — not to enjoy her, but to enjoy himself.
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Attachment Enjoyment Himself Man Woman
If you live long enough, you’ll see that every victory turns into a defeat.
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Defeat Enough Live Victory Yourself
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 enjoyed my exhaustion, though; I liked overdoing things.
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Enjoyment Myself
When you stubbornly give one man a chance, you arbitrarily deny it to another one.
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Man Philosophy
A day in which I don’t write leaves a taste of ashes.
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Myself Poet Taste Writing
I wish that every human life might be pure transparent freedom.
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Freedom Human Myself
Literature takes its revenge on reality by making it the slave of fiction.
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Literature Reality Revenge Slave
One’s life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others.
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Life Oneself Value

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