Generosity is nothing else than a craze to possess. All which I abandon, all which I give, I enjoy in a higher manner through the fact that I give it away. To give is to enjoy possessively the object which…

Quote by Jean-Paul Sartre

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Once you hear the details of victory, it is hard to distinguish it from a...

Once you hear the details of victory, it is hard to distinguish it from a...

Life begins on the other side of despair.

Life begins on the other side of despair.

It disturbs me no more to find men base, unjust, or selfish than to see...

It disturbs me no more to find men base, unjust, or selfish than to see...

One always dies too soon or too late. And yet, life is there, finished: the...

One always dies too soon or too late. And yet, life is there, finished: the...

Words are more treacherous and powerful than we think.

Words are more treacherous and powerful than we think.

I have no need for good souls: an accomplice is what I wanted.

I have no need for good souls: an accomplice is what I wanted.

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

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

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...

Evil is the product of the ability of humans to make abstract that which is...

Evil is the product of the ability of humans to make abstract that which is...

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...

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.

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...

Every existing thing is born without reason, prolongs itself out of weakness, and dies by...

Every existing thing is born without reason, prolongs itself out of weakness, and dies by...

All that I know about my life, it seems, I have learned in books.

All that I know about my life, it seems, I have learned in books.

Everything has been figured out, except how to live.

Everything has been figured out, except how to live.

In football everything is complicated by the presence of the opposite team.

In football everything is complicated by the presence of the opposite team.

A lost battle is a battle one thinks one has lost.

A lost battle is a battle one thinks one has lost.

Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible...

Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible...

Changing husbands is only changing troubles.

Changing husbands is only changing troubles.

Do you know what it means to come home at night to a woman who'll...

Do you know what it means to come home at night to a woman who'll...