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Values Quotes by Simone de Beauvoir
- One's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, indignation and compassion.
- 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…
- When I was a child, when I was an adolescent, books saved me from despair: that convinced me that culture was the highest of values[...].
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- There is reason to suspect, that the distinctions of mankind have more show than value, when it is found that all agree… — Samuel Johnson
- The university is our culture's assertion that what is made by the mind has value and can convey values. — A. Bartlett Giamatti
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- Opera singing is in every way of inestimable value; a real heritage for all mankind that has been reached over centuries of… — Andrea Bocelli