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The sin of smiling whilst Louise was weeping, the sin of shedding my own tears and not hers. The sin of being another being.

Simone de Beauvoir

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
When you stubbornly give one man a chance, you arbitrarily deny it to another one.
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Man Philosophy
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
Counselling man to treat her as a slave while persuading her that she is a queen.
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Herself Man Slave Woman Empowerment
If the feminine issue is so absurd, is because the male’s arrogance made it a discussion.
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Arrogant Mad Man
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
She would never change, but one day at the touch of a fingertip she would fall to dust.
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Change Fall Herself Touch
I was made for another planet altogether. I mistook the way.
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Mistake Myself
Every war, every revolution, demands the sacrifice of a generation, of a collectivity, by those who undertake it.
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Demand Sacrifice War
I tried to love you less. I couldn’t.
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Break Up Love Myself Try
A man attaches himself to woman — not to enjoy her, but to enjoy himself.
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Attachment Enjoyment Himself Man Woman
Today, however, we are having a hard time living because we are so bent on outwitting death.
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Death Hard Time Live
Mystery is never more than a mirage that vanishes as we draw near to look at it.
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Mystery Philosophy
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
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
To catch a husband is an art; to hold him is a job.
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Art Husband Marriage

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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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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