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Existence Quotes by Simone de Beauvoir
- The curse which lies upon marriage is that too often the individuals are joined in their weakness rather than in their strength -each asking from…
- To emancipate woman is to refuse to confine her to the relations she bears to man, not to deny them to her; let her have…
- No existence can be validly fulfilled if it is limited to itself.
- The individual is defined only by his relationship to the world and to other individuals; he exists only by transcending himself, and his freedom can…
- The notion of ambiguity must not be confused with that of absurdity. To declare that existence is absurd is to deny that it can ever…
- Why does one exist? That's not my problem. One does exist. The thing to do is to take no notice but go at it on…
- The time that one gains cannot be accumulated in a storehouse; it is contradictory to want to save up existence, which, the fact is, exists…
- She was ready to deny the existence of space and time rather than admit that love might not be eternal.
- There is only one solution if old age is not to be an absurd parody of our former life, and that is to go on…
- Regardless of the staggering dimensions of the world about us, the density of our ignorance, the risks of catastrophes to come, and our individual weakness…
- A freedom which is interested only in denying freedom must be denied. And it is not true that the recognition of the freedom of others…
- Two separate beings, in different circumstances, face to face in freedom and seeking justification of their existence through one another, will always live an adventure…
- There is no justification for present existence other than its expansion into an indefinitely open future.
- The curse which lies upon marriage is that too often the individuals are joined in their weakness rather than in their strengtheach asking from the…
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- An unfulfilled vocation drains the color from a man's entire existence. — Honore de Balzac
- Vocations which we wanted to pursue, but didn't, bleed, like colors, on the whole of our existence. — Honore de Balzac
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