It is in the knowledge of the genuine conditions of our lives that we must draw our strength to live and our reasons for living.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIRShe was ready to deny the existence of space and time rather than admit that love might not be eternal.
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I could see no reason for being sad. It´s just that it makes me unhappy not to feel happy.
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I realized that even if we went on talking till Judgment Day, I would still find the time all too short.
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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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If you live long enough, you’ll see that every victory turns into a defeat.
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It is so tiring to hate someone you love.
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I tried to love you less. I couldn’t.
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Mystery is never more than a mirage that vanishes as we draw near to look at it.
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Oppression tries to defend itself by its utility.
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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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People seem to think that if you keep your head empty you automatically fill your balls.
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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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The oppressor would not be so strong if he did not have accomplices among the oppressed.
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The word love has by no means the same sense for both sexes, and this is one cause of the serious misunderstandings that divide them.
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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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