Simone de Beauvoir Quotes

French - Writer | January 9, 1908 - April 14, 1986

Change your life today. Don't gamble on the future, act now, without delay.

Simone de Beauvoir

MotivationalLifeChangeFutureNow

One's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, indignation and compassion.

Simone de Beauvoir

LifeFriendshipLoveCompassionLong

I wish that every human life might be pure transparent freedom.

Simone de Beauvoir

LifeFreedomWishHumanI WishPure

In the face of an obstacle which is impossible to overcome, stubbornness is stupid.

Simone de Beauvoir

StupidImpossibleFaceOvercome

One is not born a woman, but becomes one.

Simone de Beauvoir

WomanBornBecomes

If you live long enough, you'll see that every victory turns into a defeat.

Simone de Beauvoir

LiveVictoryEnoughLongYouDefeat

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.

Simone de Beauvoir

WorkTruthMenWorldViewOwn

This has always been a man's world, and none of the reasons that have been offered in explanation have seemed adequate.

Simone de Beauvoir

ManWorldAlwaysBeenNoneReasons

Life is occupied in both perpetuating itself and in surpassing itself; if all it does is maintain itself, then living is only not dying.

Simone de Beauvoir

LifeLivingDyingOnlyMaintain

No one is more arrogant toward women, more aggressive or scornful, than the man who is anxious about his virility.

Simone de Beauvoir

WomenManAggressiveMoreArrogant

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

Simone de Beauvoir

LoveTruthMyselfMeComfortSafe

Retirement may be looked upon either as a prolonged holiday or as a rejection, a being thrown on to the scrap-heap.

Simone de Beauvoir

RetirementRejectionHolidayMay

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