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

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When an individual is kept in a situation of inferiority, the fact is that he does become inferior. - Simone de Beauvoir

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

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

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Society cares for the individual only so far as he is profitable. - Simone de Beauvoir

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

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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

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