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

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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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There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity. ― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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

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The word love has by no means the same sense for both sexes, and this is one cause of the serious misunderstandings that divide them. - Simone de Beauvoir

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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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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

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