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Famous Jean-Paul Sartre Quotes
“Criticism often takes from the tree caterpillars and blossoms together.”
“What never vary are the necessities of being in the world, of having to labor and to die there.”
“Uncalled-for aggression arouses the hatred of the civilian population.”
“Everything comes to us from others. To Be is to belong to someone.”
“It is certain that we cannot escape anguish, for we are anguish.”
“To believe is to know you believe, and to know you believe is not to believe.”
“Better to have beasts that let themselves be killed than men who run away.”
“The coward makes himself cowardly, the hero makes himself heroic.”
“I distrust the incommunicable; it is the source of all violence”
“When she is alone in the rooms I hear her humming to keep herself from thinking.”
“Our responsibility is much greater than we might have supposed, because it involves all mankind.”
“Ah! How I hate the crimes of the new generation: they are dry and sterile as darnel.”
“Once liberty has exploded in the soul of a man, the gods can do nothing against that man.”
“Several hours or several years make no difference once you have lost eternity.”
“If you seek authenticity for authenticity's sake you are no longer authentic.”
“Man exists, turns up, appears on the scene and only afterwards, defines himself”
“Is there really nothing, nothing left of me?”
