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When you stubbornly give one man a chance, you arbitrarily deny it to another one.

Simone de Beauvoir

The oppressor would not be so strong if he did not have accomplices among the oppressed.
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Oppression Philosophy Strong
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
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
That’s what I consider true generosity: You give your all, and yet you always feel as if it costs you nothing.
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Feeling Generosity Myself True
When someone you love dies you pay for the sin of outliving her with a thousand piercing regrets.
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Death Love Pay Regret Sin Yourself
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
One of the benefits that oppression secures for the oppressor is that the humblest among them feels superior.
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Feeling Humble Oppression Secure
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
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
You said something very true the other day: that for us, nudity begins with the face.
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Body Naked True Yourself
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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Easy People
Man must not attempt to dispel the ambiguity of his being but, on the contrary, accept the task of realizing it.
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Acceptance Man
One’s life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others.
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Life Oneself Value
Self-consciousness is not knowledge but a story one tells about oneself.
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Knowledge Oneself Story
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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Confidence Eyes Himself See Yourself
The whole world was nothing but an exile with no hope of a return.
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Hope Philosophy World

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