A man never begins by presenting himself as an individual of a certain sex; it goes without saying that he is a man.
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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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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I would have to have a bit of heroism and get out of myself. But I love myself so much!
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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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Literature takes its revenge on reality by making it the slave of fiction.
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Youth and what the Italians so prettily call stamina. The vigor, the fire, that enables you to love and create. When you’ve lost that, you’ve lost everything.
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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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If you live long enough, you’ll see that every victory turns into a defeat.
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Fathers never have exactly the daughters they want because they invent a notion a them that the daughters have to conform to.
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All oppression creates a state of war. And this is no exception.
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I feel something troubling inside of me which scares me, an exhausting violence. But I accept the great adventure of being me.
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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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That’s what I consider true generosity: You give your all, and yet you always feel as if it costs you nothing.
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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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That the child is the supreme aim of woman is a statement having precisely the value of an advertising slogan.
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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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