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Jean-Paul Sartre quotes: Smooth and smiling faces everywhere, but ruin in their eyes. Smooth and smiling faces everywhere, but ruin in their eyes.
Jean-Paul Sartre quotes: From time to time I yawn so widely that tears roll down my cheek. From time to time I yawn so widely that tears roll down my cheek.
Jean-Paul Sartre quotes: To keep hope alive one must, in spite of all mistakes, horrors, and crimes, recognize the obvious superiority of the socialist camp. To keep hope alive one must, in spite of all mistakes, horrors, and crimes, recognize the obvious superiority of the socialist camp.
Jean-Paul Sartre quotes: Outside nature, against nature, without excuse, beyond remedy, except what remedy I find within myself. Outside nature, against nature, without excuse, beyond remedy, except what remedy I find within myself.
Jean-Paul Sartre quotes: A doll with skin like that isn't going to mess it up with a revolver shot. [ ... ] Revolvers are meant for crocodile-skins like ours. A doll with skin like that isn't going to mess it up with a revolver shot. [ ... ] Revolvers are meant for crocodile-skins like ours.
Jean-Paul Sartre quotes: So I was a poodle of the future; I made prophecies. So I was a poodle of the future; I made prophecies.
Jean-Paul Sartre quotes: Existence precedes and rules essence. Existence precedes and rules essence.
Jean-Paul Sartre quotes: If God does not exist, are we provided with any values or commands that could legitimise our behaviour. If God does not exist, are we provided with any values or commands that could legitimise our behaviour.
Jean-Paul Sartre quotes: I am myself and I am here. I am myself and I am here.
Jean-Paul Sartre quotes: People. You must love people. Men are admirable. I wantto vomit - and suddenly, there it is: the Nausea People. You must love people. Men are admirable. I want
to vomit - and suddenly, there it is: the Nausea
Jean-Paul Sartre quotes: There is no love apart from the deeds of love; no potentiality of love other than that which is manifested in loving. There is no love apart from the deeds of love; no potentiality of love other than that which is manifested in loving.
Jean-Paul Sartre quotes: what summits would I not reach if my own life made the subject of the melody. what summits would I not reach if my own life made the subject of the melody.
Jean-Paul Sartre quotes: Perhaps its inevitable, perhaps one has to choose between being nothing at all and impersonating what one is. Perhaps its inevitable, perhaps one has to choose between being nothing at all and impersonating what one is.
Jean-Paul Sartre quotes: When she is alone in the rooms I hear her humming to keep herself from thinking. When she is alone in the rooms I hear her humming to keep herself from thinking.
Jean-Paul Sartre quotes: Imagination is not an empirical or superadded power of consciousness, it is the whole of consciousness as it realizes its freedom. Imagination is not an empirical or superadded power of consciousness, it is the whole of consciousness as it realizes its freedom.
Jean-Paul Sartre quotes: A right is nothing more than the other aspect of duty. A right is nothing more than the other aspect of duty.
Jean-Paul Sartre quotes: It is always more valuable to report the truth. It is always more valuable to report the truth.
Jean-Paul Sartre quotes: Man is always a wizard to man, and the social world is at first magical. Man is always a wizard to man, and the social world is at first magical.
Jean-Paul Sartre quotes: Have the courage to read this book, for in the first place it will make you ashamed, and shame, as Marx said, is a revolutionary sentiment. Have the courage to read this book, for in the first place it will make you ashamed, and shame, as Marx said, is a revolutionary sentiment.
Jean-Paul Sartre quotes: It isn't freedom from. It's freedom to. It isn't freedom from. It's freedom to.
Jean-Paul Sartre quotes: Our job as a writer is to represent the world and to bear witness to it. Our job as a writer is to represent the world and to bear witness to it.
Jean-Paul Sartre quotes: It's strange. I felt less lonely when I didn't know you. It's strange. I felt less lonely when I didn't know you.
Jean-Paul Sartre quotes: Absurd, irreducible; nothingnot even a profound and secret delirium of naturecould explain [a tree root]. Absurd, irreducible; nothing
not even a profound and secret delirium of nature
could explain [a tree root].
Jean-Paul Sartre quotes: Man is not the sum of what he has already, but rather the sum of what he does not yet have, of what he could have. Man is not the sum of what he has already, but rather the sum of what he does not yet have, of what he could have.
Jean-Paul Sartre quotes: In love, one and one are one. In love, one and one are one.
Jean-Paul Sartre quotes: M. de Rollebon was my partner; he needed me in order to exist and I needed him so as not to feel my existence. M. de Rollebon was my partner; he needed me in order to exist and I needed him so as not to feel my existence.
Jean-Paul Sartre quotes: We are our choices. We are our choices.
Jean-Paul Sartre quotes: For common minds have an ugly ability to perceive in the deepest and richest saying nothing but their own everyday opinion. For common minds have an ugly ability to perceive in the deepest and richest saying nothing but their own everyday opinion.
Jean-Paul Sartre quotes: There it is: I am gently slipping into the water's depths, towards fear. There it is: I am gently slipping into the water's depths, towards fear.
Jean-Paul Sartre quotes: The For-itself, in fact, is nothing but the pure nihilation of the In-itself; it is like a hole of being at the heart of Being. The For-itself, in fact, is nothing but the pure nihilation of the In-itself; it is like a hole of being at the heart of Being.
Jean-Paul Sartre quotes: one cannot hate a man more than one can love him." The one cannot hate a man more than one can love him." The
Jean-Paul Sartre quotes: When rich people fight wars with one another, poor people are the ones to die. When rich people fight wars with one another, poor people are the ones to die.
Jean-Paul Sartre quotes: What a torment it is not to be rich! It gets one into such abject situations. What a torment it is not to be rich! It gets one into such abject situations.
Jean-Paul Sartre quotes: To exist is to create your own life. To exist is to create your own life.
Jean-Paul Sartre quotes: All these creatures spend their time explaining, realizing happily that they agree with each other. All these creatures spend their time explaining, realizing happily that they agree with each other.
Jean-Paul Sartre quotes: It is meaningless that we are born, it is meaningless that we die. It is meaningless that we are born, it is meaningless that we die.
Jean-Paul Sartre quotes: Emotion is first of all and in principle an accident Emotion is first of all and in principle an accident
Jean-Paul Sartre quotes: Her smiles, her mimicries, all the words she uttered were addressed to herself through him. Her smiles, her mimicries, all the words she uttered were addressed to herself through him.
Jean-Paul Sartre quotes: You must be afraid, my son. That is how one becomes an honest citizen. You must be afraid, my son. That is how one becomes an honest citizen.
Jean-Paul Sartre quotes: Can you justify your existence then? Can you justify your existence then?
Jean-Paul Sartre quotes: I have no need for good souls: an accomplice is what I wanted. I have no need for good souls: an accomplice is what I wanted.
Jean-Paul Sartre quotes: I am free,' he said suddenly. And his joy changed, on the spot, to a crushing sense of anguish. I am free,' he said suddenly. And his joy changed, on the spot, to a crushing sense of anguish.
Jean-Paul Sartre quotes: It is the same: a chosen one is a man whom God's finger crushes against the wall. It is the same: a chosen one is a man whom God's finger crushes against the wall.
Jean-Paul Sartre quotes: For a moment I wondered if I were not going tolove humanity. But, after all, it was their Sunday, not mine. For a moment I wondered if I were not going to
love humanity. But, after all, it was their Sunday, not mine.
Jean-Paul Sartre quotes: What the painter adds to the canvas are the days of his life. The adventure of living, hurtling toward death. What the painter adds to the canvas are the days of his life. The adventure of living, hurtling toward death.
Jean-Paul Sartre quotes: God is absence. God is the solitude of man. God is absence. God is the solitude of man.
Jean-Paul Sartre quotes: At the same time, I learned that you always lose. Only the rascals think they win. At the same time, I learned that you always lose. Only the rascals think they win.
Jean-Paul Sartre quotes: As if there could be true stories: things happen in one way, and we retell them in the opposite way. As if there could be true stories: things happen in one way, and we retell them in the opposite way.
Jean-Paul Sartre quotes: I am responsible for everything ... except my very responsibility. I am responsible for everything ... except my very responsibility.
Jean-Paul Sartre quotes: Death is a continuation of my life without me... Death is a continuation of my life without me...
Jean-Paul Sartre quotes: Happiness is not doing what you want but wanting what you do. Happiness is not doing what you want but wanting what you do.
Jean-Paul Sartre quotes: Uncalled-for aggression arouses the hatred of the civilian population ... Uncalled-for aggression arouses the hatred of the civilian population ...
Jean-Paul Sartre quotes: To believe is to know you believe, and to know you believe is not to believe. To believe is to know you believe, and to know you believe is not to believe.
Jean-Paul Sartre quotes: Something begins in order to end: an adventure doesn't let itself be extended it achieves significance only through its death. Something begins in order to end: an adventure doesn't let itself be extended it achieves significance only through its death.
Jean-Paul Sartre quotes: I found everything perfectly clear, and I really understood absolutely nothing. I found everything perfectly clear, and I really understood absolutely nothing.
Jean-Paul Sartre quotes: There is no reality exception in action. There is no reality exception in action.
Jean-Paul Sartre quotes: Man exists, turns up, appears on the scene and only afterwards, defines himself Man exists, turns up, appears on the scene and only afterwards, defines himself
Jean-Paul Sartre quotes: When you want to understand something you stand in front of it, alone, without help: all the past in the world is of no use. When you want to understand something you stand in front of it, alone, without help: all the past in the world is of no use.
Jean-Paul Sartre quotes: People are like dice. We throw ourselves in the direction of our own choosing. People are like dice. We throw ourselves in the direction of our own choosing.
Jean-Paul Sartre quotes: To think new thoughts you have to break the bones in your head To think new thoughts you have to break the bones in your head
Jean-Paul Sartre quotes: I admire the way we can lie, putting reason on our side. I admire the way we can lie, putting reason on our side.
Jean-Paul Sartre quotes: Existence is prior to essence. Existence is prior to essence.
Jean-Paul Sartre quotes: Be quiet! Anyone can spit in my face, and call me a criminal and a prostitute. But no one has the right to judge my remorse. Be quiet! Anyone can spit in my face, and call me a criminal and a prostitute. But no one has the right to judge my remorse.
Jean-Paul Sartre quotes: People are like dice, you throw yourself in the direction of your own choosing ... People are like dice, you throw yourself in the direction of your own choosing ...
Jean-Paul Sartre quotes: ...I had spent my time counterfeiting eternity... ...I had spent my time counterfeiting eternity...
Jean-Paul Sartre quotes: Every human endeavor, however singular it seems, involves the whole human race. Every human endeavor, however singular it seems, involves the whole human race.
Jean-Paul Sartre quotes: If you are lonely when you're alone, you are in bad company. If you are lonely when you're alone, you are in bad company.
Jean-Paul Sartre quotes: Every existing thing is born without reason, prolongs itself out of weakness, and dies by chance. Every existing thing is born without reason, prolongs itself out of weakness, and dies by chance.
Jean-Paul Sartre quotes: I'd come to realize that all our troubles spring from our failure to use plain, clear-cut language. I'd come to realize that all our troubles spring from our failure to use plain, clear-cut language.
Jean-Paul Sartre quotes: Politics is a science. You can demonstrate that you are right and that others are wrong. Politics is a science. You can demonstrate that you are right and that others are wrong.
Jean-Paul Sartre quotes: What we might call everyday morality is exclusive of ethical anguish. What we might call everyday morality is exclusive of ethical anguish.
Jean-Paul Sartre quotes: So you realized that there were always women in tears, or a red-headed man, or something else to spoil your effects?""Yes, naturally. So you realized that there were always women in tears, or a red-headed man, or something else to spoil your effects?"

"Yes, naturally.
Jean-Paul Sartre quotes: If I became a philosopher, if I have so keenly sought this fame for which I'm still waiting, it's all been to seduce women basically. If I became a philosopher, if I have so keenly sought this fame for which I'm still waiting, it's all been to seduce women basically.
Jean-Paul Sartre quotes: What people would like is that a coward or a hero be born that way. What people would like is that a coward or a hero be born that way.
Jean-Paul Sartre quotes: A kiss without a moustache, they said then, is like an egg without salt; I will add to it: and it is like Good without Evil. A kiss without a moustache, they said then, is like an egg without salt; I will add to it: and it is like Good without Evil.
Jean-Paul Sartre quotes: I must wash myself clean with abstract thoughts, transparent as water. I must wash myself clean with abstract thoughts, transparent as water.
Jean-Paul Sartre quotes: Sometimes the truth is too simple for intellectuals. Sometimes the truth is too simple for intellectuals.
Jean-Paul Sartre quotes: Man is free rather than man is freedom. Man is free rather than man is freedom.
Jean-Paul Sartre quotes: For the time being I have seen enough of living things, of dogs, of men, of all flabby masses which move spontaneously. For the time being I have seen enough of living things, of dogs, of men, of all flabby masses which move spontaneously.
Jean-Paul Sartre quotes: A writer who takes political, social or literary positions must act only with the means that are his. These means are the written words. A writer who takes political, social or literary positions must act only with the means that are his. These means are the written words.
Jean-Paul Sartre quotes: When the rich [and politically powerful] make war, it's the poor [and politically weak] who die. When the rich [and politically powerful] make war, it's the poor [and politically weak] who die.
Jean-Paul Sartre quotes: Much more likely you'll hurt me. Still what does it matter? If I've got to suffer, it may as well be at your hands, your pretty hands. Much more likely you'll hurt me. Still what does it matter? If I've got to suffer, it may as well be at your hands, your pretty hands.
Jean-Paul Sartre quotes: I do not understand! I understand nothing! I cannot understand nor do I want to understand! I want to believe! To Believe! I do not understand! I understand nothing! I cannot understand nor do I want to understand! I want to believe! To Believe!
Jean-Paul Sartre quotes: I can always choose, but I ought to know that if I do not choose, I am still choosing. I can always choose, but I ought to know that if I do not choose, I am still choosing.
Jean-Paul Sartre quotes: I suppose it is out of laziness that the world is the same day after day. Today it seemed to want to change. And then anything, anything could happen. I suppose it is out of laziness that the world is the same day after day. Today it seemed to want to change. And then anything, anything could happen.
Jean-Paul Sartre quotes: Three o'clock is always too late or too early for anything you want to do. Three o'clock is always too late or too early for anything you want to do.
Jean-Paul Sartre quotes: I am not asking for sensational revelations, but I would like to sense the meaning of that minute, to feel it's urgency ... I am not asking for sensational revelations, but I would like to sense the meaning of that minute, to feel it's urgency ...
Jean-Paul Sartre quotes: You see, I'm fond of teasing, it'sa second nature with me - and I'm used to teasing myself. Plaguing myself, if you prefer; I don't tease nicely. You see, I'm fond of teasing, it's
a second nature with me - and I'm used to teasing myself. Plaguing myself, if you prefer; I don't tease nicely.
Jean-Paul Sartre quotes: In football everything is complicated by the presence of the opposite team. In football everything is complicated by the presence of the opposite team.
Jean-Paul Sartre quotes: Nothingness haunts Being. Nothingness haunts Being.
Jean-Paul Sartre quotes: Existence is an imperfection. Existence is an imperfection.
Jean-Paul Sartre quotes: What never vary are the necessities of being in the world, of having to labor and to die there. What never vary are the necessities of being in the world, of having to labor and to die there.
Jean-Paul Sartre quotes: Then time started flowing again and the emptiness grew larger. Then time started flowing again and the emptiness grew larger.
Jean-Paul Sartre quotes: We are in hell, my dear, there is never a mistake and people are not damned for nothing. We are in hell, my dear, there is never a mistake and people are not damned for nothing.
Jean-Paul Sartre quotes: I confused things with their names: that is belief. I confused things with their names: that is belief.
Jean-Paul Sartre quotes: Fascism is not defined by the number of its victims, but by the way it kills them. Fascism is not defined by the number of its victims, but by the way it kills them.
Jean-Paul Sartre quotes: Anything, anything would be better than this agony of mind, this creeping pain that gnaws and fumbles and caresses one and never hurts quite enough. Anything, anything would be better than this agony of mind, this creeping pain that gnaws and fumbles and caresses one and never hurts quite enough.
Jean-Paul Sartre quotes: All-powerful god, who am I but the fear that I inspire in others? All-powerful god, who am I but the fear that I inspire in others?
Jean-Paul Sartre quotes: Fear? If I have gained anything by damning myself, it is that I no longer have anything to fear. Fear? If I have gained anything by damning myself, it is that I no longer have anything to fear.
Jean-Paul Sartre quotes: What I see is teeming cohesion, contained dispersal ... For him, to sculpt is to take the fat off space. What I see is teeming cohesion, contained dispersal ... For him, to sculpt is to take the fat off space.

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