Ah! yes, I know: those who see me rarely trust my word: I must look too intelligent to keep it.

Quote by Jean-Paul Sartre

Topics: Jean-Paul Sartre Quotes

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...

I am not virtuous. Our sons will be if we shed enough blood to give...

I am not virtuous. Our sons will be if we shed enough blood to give...

There is only one day left, always starting over: it is given to us at...

There is only one day left, always starting over: it is given to us at...

It is only in our decisions that we are important.

It is only in our decisions that we are important.

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

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

No finite point has meaning without an infinite reference point.

No finite point has meaning without an infinite reference point.

God is absence. God is the solitude of man.

God is absence. God is the solitude of man.

If you are lonely when you're alone, you are in bad company.

If you are lonely when you're alone, you are in bad company.

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.

Fascism is not defined by the number of its victims, but by the way it...

Fascism is not defined by the number of its victims, but by the way it...

Fear? If I have gained anything by damning myself, it is that I no longer...

Fear? If I have gained anything by damning myself, it is that I no longer...

Never have I thought that I was the happy possessor of a talent; my sole...

Never have I thought that I was the happy possessor of a talent; my sole...

The best work is not what is most difficult for you; it is what you...

The best work is not what is most difficult for you; it is what you...

Who can exhaust a man? Who knows a man's resources?

Who can exhaust a man? Who knows a man's resources?

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...

One is still what one is going to cease to be and already what one...

One is still what one is going to cease to be and already what one...

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

Feeling without judgment is a washy draught indeed; but judgment untempered by feeling is too...

Feeling without judgment is a washy draught indeed; but judgment untempered by feeling is too...

Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers

Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers