"The writer of originality, unless dead, is always……" — Simone de Beauvoir
"The writer of originality, unless dead, is always shocking, scandalous; novelty disturbs and repels."
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206 Quotes by Simone de Beauvoir
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- 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…
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