"Old age is life's parody." — Simone de Beauvoir

"Old age is life's parody."

— Simone de Beauvoir

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206 Quotes by Simone de Beauvoir

Simone de Beauvoir has 206 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Change your life today. Don't gamble on the future, act now, without delay.
One's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship,…
I wish that every human life might be pure transparent freedom.
To catch a husband is an art; to hold him is a job.
I tore myself away from the safe comfort of certainties through my love for truth - and truth rewarded me.
Man is defined as a human being and a woman as a female - whenever she behaves as a human…
No one is more arrogant toward women, more aggressive or scornful, than the man who is anxious about his virility.
The word love has by no means the same sense for both sexes, and this is one cause of the…
In itself, homosexuality is as limiting as heterosexuality: the ideal should be to be capable of loving a woman or…
Society cares for the individual only so far as he is profitable.
In the face of an obstacle which is impossible to overcome, stubbornness is stupid.
All oppression creates a state of war.

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To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would… — Hannah Arendt
We live in an age of instant knowledge. And there's almost a sense of entitlement to that. — J. J. Abrams
Education is the best provision for old age. — Aristotle
Bashfulness is an ornament to youth, but a reproach to old age. — Aristotle
It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims. — Aristotle
I love things that age well - things that don't date, that stand the test of time and that become… — Giorgio Armani
I knew from the age of 16 that I wanted to be a writer because I just didn't think I… — Paul Auster
The freethinking of one age is the common sense of the next. — Matthew Arnold
You can fake your age or mask it, but the passion that moves the characters has to be real. — Victoria Abril
In every age 'the good old days' were a myth. No one ever thought they were good at the time.… — Brooks Atkinson
Another belief of mine; that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise. — Margaret Atwood
For years I wanted to be older, and now I am. — Margaret Atwood

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