Simone De Beauvoir Quotes & Sayings

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Representation of the world, like the world itself, is the work of men; they describe it from their own point of view, which they confuse with the absolute truth

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Society, being codified by man, decrees that woman is inferior; she can do away with this inferiority only by destroying the male's superiority

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However gifted an individual is at the outset, if his or her talents cannot be developed because of his or her social condition, because of the surrounding circumstances, these talents will be still-born

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I tore myself away from the safe comfort of certainties through my love for truth - and truth rewarded me.

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When we abolish the slavery of half of humanity, together with the whole system of hypocrisy it implies, then the "division" of humanity will reveal its genuine significance and the human couple will find its true form.

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