The poor don't know that their function in life is to exercise our generosity.

Quote by Jean-Paul Sartre

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If literature isn't everything, it's not worth a single hour of someone's trouble.

If literature isn't everything, it's not worth a single hour of someone's trouble.

Total war is no longer war waged by all members of one national community against...

Total war is no longer war waged by all members of one national community against...

Hell is other people.

Hell is other people.

Life has no meaning the moment you loose the illusion of being eternal.

Life has no meaning the moment you loose the illusion of being eternal.

Only the guy who isn't rowing has time to rock the boat.

Only the guy who isn't rowing has time to rock the boat.

Better to have beasts that let themselves be killed than men who run away.

Better to have beasts that let themselves be killed than men who run away.

We are alone, with no excuses. That is the idea I shall try to convey...

We are alone, with no excuses. That is the idea I shall try to convey...

Like all dreamers, I mistook disenchantment for truth.

Like all dreamers, I mistook disenchantment for truth.

Being is. Being is in-itself. Being is what it is.

Being is. Being is in-itself. Being is what it is.

Every age has its own poetry; in every age the circumstances of history choose a...

Every age has its own poetry; in every age the circumstances of history choose a...

When the rich wage war, it's the poor who die.

When the rich wage war, it's the poor who die.

Ah! yes, I know: those who see me rarely trust my word: I must look...

Ah! yes, I know: those who see me rarely trust my word: I must look...

Generosity is nothing else than a craze to possess. All which I abandon, all which...

Generosity is nothing else than a craze to possess. All which I abandon, all which...

We do not judge the people we love.

We do not judge the people we love.

My thought is me: that is why I cannot stop thinking. I exist because I...

My thought is me: that is why I cannot stop thinking. I exist because I...

Existence precedes and rules essence.

Existence precedes and rules essence.

We must act out passion before we can feel it.

We must act out passion before we can feel it.

Acting is a question of absorbing other people's personalities and adding some of your own...

Acting is a question of absorbing other people's personalities and adding some of your own...

Words are more treacherous and powerful than we think.

Words are more treacherous and powerful than we think.

We do not know what we want and yet we are responsible for what we...

We do not know what we want and yet we are responsible for what we...