Man is defined as a human being and a woman as a female - whenever she behaves as a human being she is said to imitate the male. - Simone de Beauvoir

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In the face of an obstacle which is impossible to overcome, stubbornness is stupid. - Simone de Beauvoir

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In itself, homosexuality is as limiting as heterosexuality: the ideal should be to be capable of loving a woman or a man; either, a human being, without feeling fear, restraint, or obligation. - Simone de Beauvoir

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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. - Simone de Beauvoir

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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

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An arrogant person considers himself perfect. This is the chief harm of arrogance. It interferes with a person’s main task in life - becoming a better person.

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It is old age, rather than death, that is to be contrasted with life. Old age is life's parody, whereas death transforms life into a destiny: in a way it preserves it by giving it the absolute dimension. Death does away with time. - Simone de Beauvoir

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Defending the truth is not something one does out of a sense of duty or to allay guilt complexes, but is a reward in itself. - Simone de Beauvoir

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Art is an attempt to integrate evil. - Simone de Beauvoir

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One is not born a woman, but becomes one. - Simone de Beauvoir

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