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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.

Simone de Beauvoir

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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Age Existence Life Mad Oneself
History took hold of me and never let me go thereafter.
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History Let Go Myself
There is no justification for present existence other than its expansion into an indefinitely open future.
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Existence Future Justice Present
Oppression tries to defend itself by its utility.
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Oppression Protection
What would Prince Charming have for occupation if he had not to awaken the Sleeping beauty?
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Fantasy Perspective
The characteristic feature of all ethics is to consider human life as a game that can be won or lost and to teach man the means of winning.
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Character Game Human Life Teaching Win
Girls are weighed down by restrictions, boys with demands – two equally harmful disciplines.
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Discipline Man Woman
If I were the earth it would disgust me, all this vermin on my back, I’d shake it off.
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Earth Myself
I wish that every human life might be pure transparent freedom.
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Freedom Human Myself
To will oneself moral and to will oneself free are one and the same decision.
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Decision Freedom Oneself Willing
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
If so few female geniuses are found in history, it is because society denies them any means of expression.
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Expression Female Genius History
The oppressor would not be so strong if he did not have accomplices among the oppressed.
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Oppression Philosophy Strong
I tried to love you less. I couldn’t.
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Break Up Love Myself Try
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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Father Invention
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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Courage Fight Happiness Knowledge

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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