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She was ready to deny the existence of space and time rather than admit that love might not be eternal.

Simone de Beauvoir

The oppressor would not be so strong if he did not have accomplices among the oppressed.
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Oppression Philosophy Strong
To catch a husband is an art; to hold him is a job.
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Art Husband Marriage
To will oneself moral and to will oneself free are one and the same decision.
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Decision Freedom Oneself Willing
If you live long enough, you’ll see that every victory turns into a defeat.
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Defeat Enough Live Victory Yourself
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
She was not to look beyond herself for the meaning of her life.
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Beyond Herself Life See
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
Capabilities are clearly manifested only when they have been realized.
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Ability Inspirational Worth
I wish that every human life might be pure transparent freedom.
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Freedom Human Myself
There is no justification for present existence other than its expansion into an indefinitely open future.
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Existence Future Justice Present
Mystery is never more than a mirage that vanishes as we draw near to look at it.
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Mystery Philosophy
Some things I loved have vanished. A great many others have been given to me.
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Blessing Greatness Love Myself
The characteristic feature of all ethics is to consider human life as a game that can be won or lost and to teach man the means of winning.
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Character Game Human Life Teaching Win
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
Life is occupied in both perpetuating itself and in surpassing itself; if all it does is maintain itself, then living is only not dying.
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Death Life Live

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