To abstain from politics is in itself a political attitude.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIRA man never begins by presenting himself as an individual of a certain sex; it goes without saying that he is a man.
More Simone de Beauvoir Quotes
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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.
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Man may reproach women for their dissimulation, but his complacency must be great indeed for him to be so constantly duped.
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He reflected. ‘I know a lot of different kids of people; what I want is to show each of them how the others really are. You hear so many lies!
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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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Society cares about the individual only in so far as he is profitable. The young know this. Their anxiety as they enter in upon social life matches the anguish of the old as they are excluded from it.
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She would never change, but one day at the touch of a fingertip she would fall to dust.
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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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If you live long enough, you’ll see that every victory turns into a defeat.
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No one is more arrogant toward women, more aggressive or scornful, than the man who is anxious about his virility.
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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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One can never know oneself but only narrate oneself.
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Some things I loved have vanished. A great many others have been given to me.
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Whether you think of it as heavenly or as earthly, if you love life immortality is no consultation for death.
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Ethics is the triumph of freedom over facticity.
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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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