All oppression creates a state of war.

Quote by Simone De Beauvoir

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Retirement may be looked upon either as a prolonged holiday or as a rejection, a...

Retirement may be looked upon either as a prolonged holiday or as a rejection, a...

I tore myself away from the safe comfort of certainties through my love for truth...

I tore myself away from the safe comfort of certainties through my love for truth...

Representation of the world, like the world itself, is the work of men; they describe...

Representation of the world, like the world itself, is the work of men; they describe...

In itself, homosexuality is as limiting as heterosexuality: the ideal should be to be capable...

In itself, homosexuality is as limiting as heterosexuality: the ideal should be to be capable...

To make oneself an object, to make oneself passive, is a very different thing from...

To make oneself an object, to make oneself passive, is a very different thing from...

Defending the truth is not something one does out of a sense of duty or...

Defending the truth is not something one does out of a sense of duty or...

One is not born a woman, but becomes one.

One is not born a woman, but becomes one.

Society cares for the individual only so far as he is profitable.

Society cares for the individual only so far as he is profitable.

All the idols made by man, however terrifying they may be, are in point of...

All the idols made by man, however terrifying they may be, are in point of...

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

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

The word love has by no means the same sense for both sexes, and this...

The word love has by no means the same sense for both sexes, and this...

The writer of originality, unless dead, is always shocking, scandalous; novelty disturbs and repels.

The writer of originality, unless dead, is always shocking, scandalous; novelty disturbs and repels.

What is an adult? A child blown up by age.

What is an adult? A child blown up by age.

This has always been a man's world, and none of the reasons that have been...

This has always been a man's world, and none of the reasons that have been...

What is an adult? A child blown up by age.

What is an adult? A child blown up by age.

It is easier to think of the world without a creator than of a creator...

It is easier to think of the world without a creator than of a creator...

Society, being codified by man, decrees that woman is inferior; she can do away with...

Society, being codified by man, decrees that woman is inferior; she can do away with...

Since it is the Other within us who is old, it is natural that the...

Since it is the Other within us who is old, it is natural that the...

The body is most fully developed [at] from thirty to thirty-five years of age, the...

The body is most fully developed [at] from thirty to thirty-five years of age, the...

We live in an age when unnecessary things are our only necessities.

We live in an age when unnecessary things are our only necessities.