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It is easier to put people in chains than to remove them if the chains bring prestige, said George Bernard Shaw.

Simone de Beauvoir

The body is the instrument of our hold on the world.
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Body Spiritual World
Man is defined as a human being and a woman as a female — whenever she behaves as a human being she is said to imitate the male.
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Human Man Woman
I would have to have a bit of heroism and get out of myself. But I love myself so much!
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Myself Self Love
A day in which I don’t write leaves a taste of ashes.
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Myself Poet Taste Writing
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
If you point out that they’re walking in shit they scream it’s you that have dirty feet.
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Blame Character Yourself
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
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’s life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others.
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Life Oneself Value
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
I feel something troubling inside of me which scares me, an exhausting violence. But I accept the great adventure of being me.
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Acceptance Adventure Feeling Myself Scare Violence
That the child is the supreme aim of woman is a statement having precisely the value of an advertising slogan.
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Children Value Woman
People seem to think that if you keep your head empty you automatically fill your balls.
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Empty People Thinking
What would Prince Charming have for occupation if he had not to awaken the Sleeping beauty?
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Fantasy Perspective
What is an adult? A child blown up by age.
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Age Children Perspective
To be oneself, simply oneself, is so amazing and utterly unique an experience that it’s hard to convince oneself so singular a thing happens to everybody.
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Be Yourself Experience Oneself

It is easier to put people in chains than to remove them if the chains bring prestige, said George Bernard Shaw.

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It is easier to put people in chains than to remove them if the chains bring prestige, said George Bernard Shaw.

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