Defending the truth is not something one does out of a sense of duty or to allay guilt complexes, but is a reward in itself.

Quote by Simone De Beauvoir

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Art is an attempt to integrate evil.

Art is an attempt to integrate evil.

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...

One is not born a woman, one becomes one.

One is not born a woman, one becomes one.

However gifted an individual is at the outset, if his or her talents cannot be...

However gifted an individual is at the outset, if his or her talents cannot be...

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...

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...

I am incapable of conceiving infinity, and yet I do not accept finity.

I am incapable of conceiving infinity, and yet I do not accept finity.

One is not born a woman, but becomes one.

One is not born a woman, but becomes one.

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

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

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...

To catch a husband is an art; to hold him is a job.

To catch a husband is an art; to hold him is a job.

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

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

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 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.

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

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

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

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

It is not in giving life but in risking life that man is raised above...

It is not in giving life but in risking life that man is raised above...

Pedantry is the dotage of knowledge

Pedantry is the dotage of knowledge

Nothing is new, all is rehash.

Nothing is new, all is rehash.

Knowledge is recognition of something absent; it is a salutation, not an embrace.

Knowledge is recognition of something absent; it is a salutation, not an embrace.