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

Quote by Simone De Beauvoir

Topics: Simone De Beauvoir Quotes

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...

It is old age, rather than death, that is to be contrasted with life. Old...

It is old age, rather than death, that is to be contrasted with life. Old...

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...

One is not born a woman, but becomes one.

One is not born a woman, but becomes one.

Few tasks are more like the torture of Sisyphus than housework, with its endless repetition:...

Few tasks are more like the torture of Sisyphus than housework, with its endless repetition:...

Buying is a profound pleasure.

Buying is a profound pleasure.

Sex pleasure in woman is a kind of magic spell; it demands complete abandon; if...

Sex pleasure in woman is a kind of magic spell; it demands complete abandon; if...

Life is occupied in both perpetuating itself and in surpassing itself; if all it does...

Life is occupied in both perpetuating itself and in surpassing itself; if all it does...

The most mediocre of males feels himself a demigod as compared with women.

The most mediocre of males feels himself a demigod as compared with women.

I wish that every human life might be pure transparent freedom.

I wish that every human life might be pure transparent freedom.

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...

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.

One is not born a woman, one becomes one.

One is not born a woman, one becomes one.

When an individual is kept in a situation of inferiority, the fact is that he...

When an individual is kept in a situation of inferiority, the fact is that he...

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

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

One's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others,...

One's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others,...

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...

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...

Art is an attempt to integrate evil.

Art is an attempt to integrate evil.

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...