A man never begins by presenting himself as an individual of a certain sex; it goes without saying that he is a man.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIRThere 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.
More Simone de Beauvoir Quotes
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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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The body is not a thing, it is a situation: it is our grasp on the world and our sketch of our project.
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Today, however, we are having a hard time living because we are so bent on outwitting death.
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Counselling man to treat her as a slave while persuading her that she is a queen.
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One of the benefits that oppression secures for the oppressor is that the humblest among them feels superior.
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One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman.
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But it is impossible for anyone to say ‘I am sacrificing myself’ without feeling bitterness.
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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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Ethics is the triumph of freedom over facticity.
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Literature took the place in my life that had once been occupied by religion: it absorbed me entirely, and transfigured my life.
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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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Modern woman is everywhere permitted to regard her body as capital for exploitation.
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Literature takes its revenge on reality by making it the slave of fiction.
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What would Prince Charming have for occupation if he had not to awaken the Sleeping beauty?
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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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