Weakness’ is weakness only in light of the aims man sets for himself, the instruments at his disposal and the laws he imposes.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIRAuthentic love must be founded on reciprocal recognition of two freedoms.
More Simone de Beauvoir Quotes
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To catch a husband is an art; to hold him is a job.
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The whole world was nothing but an exile with no hope of a return.
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There is something in the New York air that makes sleep useless.
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If I were the earth it would disgust me, all this vermin on my back, I’d shake it off.
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That the child is the supreme aim of woman is a statement having precisely the value of an advertising slogan.
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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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It is so tiring to hate someone you love.
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Her wings are cut and then she is blamed for not knowing how to fly.
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One’s life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, indignation and compassion.
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To will oneself moral and to will oneself free are one and the same decision.
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Some things I loved have vanished. A great many others have been given to me.
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Authentic love must be founded on reciprocal recognition of two freedoms.
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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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Counselling man to treat her as a slave while persuading her that she is a queen.
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Oppression tries to defend itself by its utility.
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