Man must not attempt to dispel the ambiguity of his being but, on the contrary, accept the task of realizing it.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIRFreedom is the source from which all significations and all values spring. It is the original condition of all justification of existence.
More Simone de Beauvoir Quotes
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The oppressor would not be so strong if he did not have accomplices among the oppressed.
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You said something very true the other day: that for us, nudity begins with the face.
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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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Because we are separated everything separates us, even our efforts to join each other.
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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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Her wings are cut and then she is blamed for not knowing how to fly.
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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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Death itself does not frighten me; it is the jump I am afraid of.
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Ethics is the triumph of freedom over facticity.
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Representation of the world, like the world itself, is the work of men; they describe it from their own point of view, which they confuse with absolute truth.
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Girls are weighed down by restrictions, boys with demands – two equally harmful disciplines.
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Modern woman is everywhere permitted to regard her body as capital for exploitation.
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People seem to think that if you keep your head empty you automatically fill your balls.
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You have never had any confidence in him. And if he has no confidence in himself it is because he sees himself through your eyes.
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But it is impossible for anyone to say ‘I am sacrificing myself’ without feeling bitterness.
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