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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

One is not born a genius, one becomes a genius; and the feminine situation has up to the present rendered this becoming practically impossible.
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Born Genius Impossible Oneself Presence
Because we are separated everything separates us, even our efforts to join each other.
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Effort Separate Togetherness
If you live long enough, you’ll see that every victory turns into a defeat.
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Defeat Enough Live Victory Yourself
One can never know oneself but only narrate oneself.
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Be Yourself Oneself Philosophy
She was not to look beyond herself for the meaning of her life.
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Beyond Herself Life See
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
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
A day in which I don’t write leaves a taste of ashes.
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Myself Poet Taste Writing
What is an adult? A child blown up by age.
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Age Children Perspective
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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Existence Feeling Freedom
But it is impossible for anyone to say ‘I am sacrificing myself’ without feeling bitterness.
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Feeling Impossible Sacrifice
I tore myself away from the safe comfort of certainties through my love for truth – and truth rewarded me.
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Comfortable Love Myself Safety Truth
I am too intelligent, too demanding, and too resourceful for anyone to be able to take charge of me entirely. No one knows me or loves me completely. I have only myself.
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Independent Intelligence Love Myself
Authentic love must be founded on reciprocal recognition of two freedoms.
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Freedom Love Philosophy
Change your life today. Don’t gamble on the future, act now, without delay.
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Act Change Future Life Yourself
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

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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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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