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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.

Simone de Beauvoir

All success cloaks a surrender.
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Success
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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Acceptance Adventure End Life Myself
To abstain from politics is in itself a political attitude.
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Attitude Politics
Society cares about the individual only in so far as he is profitable. The young know this. Their anxiety as they enter in upon social life matches the anguish of the old as they are excluded from it.
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Care Life Price Profit Young
I wish that every human life might be pure transparent freedom.
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Freedom Human Myself
What would Prince Charming have for occupation if he had not to awaken the Sleeping beauty?
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Fantasy Perspective
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
People seem to think that if you keep your head empty you automatically fill your balls.
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Empty People Thinking
If I were the earth it would disgust me, all this vermin on my back, I’d shake it off.
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Earth Myself
Weakness’ is weakness only in light of the aims man sets for himself, the instruments at his disposal and the laws he imposes.
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Himself Law Light Man Weakness
History took hold of me and never let me go thereafter.
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History Let Go Myself
A man attaches himself to woman — not to enjoy her, but to enjoy himself.
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Attachment Enjoyment Himself Man Woman
You said something very true the other day: that for us, nudity begins with the face.
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Body Naked True Yourself
Self-knowledge is no guarantee of happiness, but it is on the side of happiness and can supply the courage to fight for it.
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Courage Fight Happiness Knowledge
I tore myself away from the safe comfort of certainties through my love for truth – and truth rewarded me.
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Comfortable Love Myself Safety Truth
Man is defined as a human being and a woman as a female — whenever she behaves as a human being she is said to imitate the male.
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Human Man Woman

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