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If I were the earth it would disgust me, all this vermin on my back, I’d shake it off.

Simone de Beauvoir

Weakness’ is weakness only in light of the aims man sets for himself, the instruments at his disposal and the laws he imposes.
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Himself Law Light Man Weakness
Counselling man to treat her as a slave while persuading her that she is a queen.
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Herself Man Slave Woman Empowerment
I enjoyed my exhaustion, though; I liked overdoing things.
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Enjoyment Myself
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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Man Truth View World
The whole world was nothing but an exile with no hope of a return.
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Hope Philosophy World
Capabilities are clearly manifested only when they have been realized.
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Ability Inspirational Worth
I could see no reason for being sad. It´s just that it makes me unhappy not to feel happy.
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Feeling Happiness Myself Reason
Man may reproach women for their dissimulation, but his complacency must be great indeed for him to be so constantly duped.
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Greatness Himself Man Woman
The body is not a thing, it is a situation: it is our grasp on the world and our sketch of our project.
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Body Philosophy World
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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Existence Freedom Spring Value
People seem to think that if you keep your head empty you automatically fill your balls.
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Empty People Thinking
Her wings are cut and then she is blamed for not knowing how to fly.
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Blame Fly Herself Wings
The oppressor would not be so strong if he did not have accomplices among the oppressed.
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Oppression Philosophy Strong
One can never know oneself but only narrate oneself.
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Be Yourself Oneself Philosophy
Literature takes its revenge on reality by making it the slave of fiction.
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Literature Reality Revenge Slave
There is something in the New York air that makes sleep useless.
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Place Waste

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