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One of the benefits that oppression secures for the oppressor is that the humblest among them feels superior.

Simone de Beauvoir

Death itself does not frighten me; it is the jump I am afraid of.
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Death Myself Scare
When you stubbornly give one man a chance, you arbitrarily deny it to another one.
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Man Philosophy
The sin of smiling whilst Louise was weeping, the sin of shedding my own tears and not hers. The sin of being another being.
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Hurt Sin Smile Tears
Be loved, be admired, be necessary; be somebody.
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Admire Love Necessary Self Love
A man attaches himself to woman — not to enjoy her, but to enjoy himself.
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Attachment Enjoyment Himself Man Woman
All success cloaks a surrender.
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Success
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
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
To lose confidence in one’s body is to lose confidence in oneself.
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Body Confidence Lose Oneself
He reflected. ‘I know a lot of different kids of people; what I want is to show each of them how the others really are. You hear so many lies!
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Different Himself Lie People Reflection
Ethics is the triumph of freedom over facticity.
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Freedom Moral Winner
What would Prince Charming have for occupation if he had not to awaken the Sleeping beauty?
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Fantasy Perspective
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
If the feminine issue is so absurd, is because the male’s arrogance made it a discussion.
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Arrogant Mad Man
I wish that every human life might be pure transparent freedom.
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Freedom Human Myself
The oppressor would not be so strong if he did not have accomplices among the oppressed.
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