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Jean-Paul Sartre Quotes

Generosity is nothing else than a craze to possess. All which I abandon, all which I give, I enjoy in a higher manner through the fact that I give it away. To give is to enjoy possessively the object which one gives.
Jean-Paul Sartre

Biography

Author Profession: Philosopher
Nationality: French
Born: June 21, 1905
Died: April 15, 1980

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Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does.
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Everything has been figured out, except how to live.
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A lost battle is a battle one thinks one has lost.
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Hell is other people.
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When the rich wage war, it's the poor who die.
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If you are lonely when you're alone, you are in bad company.
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Being is. Being is in-itself. Being is what it is.
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