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

Simone de Beauvoir

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
Ethics is the triumph of freedom over facticity.
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Freedom Moral Winner
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
Her wings are cut and then she is blamed for not knowing how to fly.
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Blame Fly Herself Wings
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
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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Human 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
To be oneself, simply oneself, is so amazing and utterly unique an experience that it’s hard to convince oneself so singular a thing happens to everybody.
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Be Yourself Experience Oneself
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
One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman.
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Born Oneself Woman
You said something very true the other day: that for us, nudity begins with the face.
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Body Naked True Yourself
What is an adult? A child blown up by age.
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Age Children Perspective
Every individual concerned to justify his existence feels that his existence involves an undefined need to transcend himself, to engage in freely chosen projects.
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Existence Feeling Freedom
One is not born a genius, one becomes a genius; and the feminine situation has up to the present rendered this becoming practically impossible.
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Born Genius Impossible Oneself Presence
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
Change your life today. Don’t gamble on the future, act now, without delay.
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Act Change Future Life Yourself

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