More from Simone De Beauvoir

  1. What has value in their eyes is never what is done for them; it's what they do for themselves.
  2. Were we really more advanced than the alchemists of Carmona? We had brought to light certain facts that they were not aware of, we had orga…
  3. What did today's sacrifices matter: the Universe lay ahead in the future. What did burnings at the stake and massacres matter? The Universe…
  4. That's what I consider true generosity. You give your all, and yet you always feel as if it costs you nothing.
  5. There is only one good. And that is to act according to your conscience.
  6. If you live long enough, you'll see that every victory turns into a defeat.
  7. It was as though some stubborn god spent their time in an immutable and absurd balancing act between life and death, prosperity and poverty.
  8. After wars peace, after peace, another war. Every day men are born and others die.

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