Weakness’ is weakness only in light of the aims man sets for himself, the instruments at his disposal and the laws he imposes.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIRMystery is never more than a mirage that vanishes as we draw near to look at it.
More Simone de Beauvoir Quotes
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If you point out that they’re walking in shit they scream it’s you that have dirty feet.
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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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The sin of smiling whilst Louise was weeping, the sin of shedding my own tears and not hers. The sin of being another being.
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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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If so few female geniuses are found in history, it is because society denies them any means of expression.
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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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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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Be loved, be admired, be necessary; be somebody.
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A man attaches himself to woman — not to enjoy her, but to enjoy himself.
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To will oneself moral and to will oneself free are one and the same decision.
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Modern woman is everywhere permitted to regard her body as capital for exploitation.
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If you live long enough, you’ll see that every victory turns into a defeat.
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People seem to think that if you keep your head empty you automatically fill your balls.
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Change your life today. Don’t gamble on the future, act now, without delay.
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One of the benefits that oppression secures for the oppressor is that the humblest among them feels superior.
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