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Ethics is the triumph of freedom over facticity.

Simone de Beauvoir

A man attaches himself to woman — not to enjoy her, but to enjoy himself.
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Attachment Enjoyment Himself Man Woman
The oppressor would not be so strong if he did not have accomplices among the oppressed.
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Oppression Philosophy Strong
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
But it is impossible for anyone to say ‘I am sacrificing myself’ without feeling bitterness.
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Feeling Impossible Sacrifice
There is something in the New York air that makes sleep useless.
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Place Waste
To will oneself moral and to will oneself free are one and the same decision.
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Decision Freedom Oneself Willing
Whether you think of it as heavenly or as earthly, if you love life immortality is no consultation for death.
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Death Heaven Life Yourself
Be loved, be admired, be necessary; be somebody.
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Admire Love Necessary Self Love
The whole world was nothing but an exile with no hope of a return.
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Hope Philosophy World
It is dreadful to think that behind me my own past is no longer anything but shifting darkness.
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Darkness Past Philosophy Thinking
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
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
Self-consciousness is not knowledge but a story one tells about oneself.
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Knowledge Oneself Story
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
Youth and what the Italians so prettily call stamina. The vigor, the fire, that enables you to love and create. When you’ve lost that, you’ve lost everything.
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Creation Lost Love Youth
It is so tiring to hate someone you love.
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Break Up Hate Love

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