Self-knowledge is no guarantee of happiness, but it is on the side of happiness and can supply the courage to fight for it.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIRPeople seem to think that if you keep your head empty you automatically fill your balls.
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One always has to wait until the sugar melts, the memory dies, the wound scars over, the sun sets, the unhappiness lifts and fades away.
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But it is impossible for anyone to say ‘I am sacrificing myself’ without feeling bitterness.
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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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I enjoyed my exhaustion, though; I liked overdoing things.
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What is an adult? A child blown up by age.
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Every war, every revolution, demands the sacrifice of a generation, of a collectivity, by those who undertake it.
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She was ready to deny the existence of space and time rather than admit that love might not be eternal.
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Life is occupied in both perpetuating itself and in surpassing itself; if all it does is maintain itself, then living is only not dying.
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The body is the instrument of our hold on the world.
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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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I could see no reason for being sad. It´s just that it makes me unhappy not to feel happy.
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If you live long enough, you’ll see that every victory turns into a defeat.
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Oppression tries to defend itself by its utility.
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I am incapable of conceiving infinity, and yet I do not accept finity. I want this adventure that is the context of my life to go on without end.
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The oppressor would not be so strong if he did not have accomplices among the oppressed.
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