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~ Simone de Beauvoir Quotes ~
« on: September 26, 2015, 01:09:39 PM »
Simone de Beauvoir  Quotes


A French existentialist philosopher, public intellectual, and social theorist.
Simone-Ernestine-Lucie-Marie Bertrand de Beauvoir, often shortened to Simone de Beauvoir, was a French existentialist philosopher, public intellectual, and social theorist. She wrote novels, essays, biographies, an autobiography in several volumes, and monographs on philosophy, politics, and social issues. She is now best known for her metaphysical novels, including She Came to Stay and The Mandarins, and for her 1949 treatise The Second Sex, a detailed analysis of women's oppression and a foundational tract of contemporary feminism. She is also noted for her lifelong polyamorous relationship with Jean-Paul Sartre.

Here are some famous quotes by Simone de Beauvoir.




Live with no time out.

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« Reply #1 on: September 26, 2015, 01:10:52 PM »
One is not born a woman - one becomes one.

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« Reply #2 on: September 26, 2015, 01:11:27 PM »
One is not born a genius one becomes a genius.

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« Reply #3 on: September 26, 2015, 01:12:24 PM »
Living by proxy is always a precarious expedient.

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« Reply #4 on: September 26, 2015, 01:12:54 PM »
Let women be provided with living strength of their own.

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« Reply #5 on: September 26, 2015, 01:13:23 PM »
It's not a very big step from contentment to complacency.

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« Reply #6 on: September 26, 2015, 01:14:11 PM »
The role of a retired person is no longer to possess one.

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« Reply #7 on: September 26, 2015, 01:14:47 PM »
You can't assume the responsibility for everything you do-or don't do.

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« Reply #8 on: September 26, 2015, 01:15:26 PM »
Change your life today. Don't gamble on the future act now without delay.

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« Reply #9 on: September 26, 2015, 01:16:02 PM »
If you live long enough you'll see that every victory turns into a defeat.

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« Reply #10 on: September 26, 2015, 01:16:53 PM »
In the face of an obstacle which is impossible to overcome stubbornness is stupid.

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« Reply #11 on: September 26, 2015, 01:17:38 PM »
There is no justification for present existence other than its expansion into an indefinitely open future.

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« Reply #12 on: September 26, 2015, 01:18:32 PM »
That's what I consider true generosity. You give your all and yet you always feel as if it costs you nothing.

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« Reply #13 on: September 26, 2015, 01:19:20 PM »
If you haven't been happy very young you can still be happy later on but it's much harder. You need more luck.

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« Reply #14 on: September 26, 2015, 01:19:53 PM »
Defending the truth is not something one does out of a sense of duty or to allay guilt complexes but is a reward in itself.