Jean-Paul Sartre Quotes

French - Philosopher | June 21, 1905 - April 15, 1980

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

WomenWaitingFameBeenSeduce

All human actions are equivalent and all are on principle doomed to failure.

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FailureHumanActionsPrinciple

I confused things with their names: that is belief.

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ConfusedBeliefNamesThings

Evil is the product of the ability of humans to make abstract that which is concrete.

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EvilProductConcreteAbilityMake

I say a murder is abstract. You pull the trigger and after that you do not understand anything that happens.

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YouSayUnderstandAbstractAnything

I am not virtuous. Our sons will be if we shed enough blood to give them the right to be.

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I AmEnoughBloodWillRightGive

Fear? If I have gained anything by damning myself, it is that I no longer have anything to fear.

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FearMyselfAnythingLongerDamning

Acting is happy agony.

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HappyActingAgony

Once you hear the details of victory, it is hard to distinguish it from a defeat.

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VictoryDetailsYouDefeatHard

Man is fully responsible for his nature and his choices.

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NatureManChoicesResponsibleHis

Every age has its own poetry; in every age the circumstances of history choose a nation, a race, a class to take up the torch by creating situations that can be expressed or transcended only through poetry.

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AgeHistoryPoetryChooseCreating

If a victory is told in detail, one can no longer distinguish it from a defeat.

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DetailVictoryDefeatDistinguish

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