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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I hate victims who respect their executioners.

I hate victims who respect their executioners.

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...

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

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

She believed in nothing; only her skepticism kept her from being an atheist.

She believed in nothing; only her skepticism kept her from being an atheist.

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...

Politics is a science. You can demonstrate that you are right and that others are...

Politics is a science. You can demonstrate that you are right and that others are...

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...

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...

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

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

Only the guy who isn't rowing has time to rock the boat.

Only the guy who isn't rowing has time to rock the boat.

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.

Total war is no longer war waged by all members of one national community against...

Total war is no longer war waged by all members of one national community against...

We are alone, with no excuses. That is the idea I shall try to convey...

We are alone, with no excuses. That is the idea I shall try to convey...

No finite point has meaning without an infinite reference point.

No finite point has meaning without an infinite reference point.

You must be afraid, my son. That is how one becomes an honest citizen.

You must be afraid, my son. That is how one becomes an honest citizen.

Hell is other people.

Hell is other people.

We do not judge the people we love

We do not judge the people we love

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...

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...

Acting is happy agony.

Acting is happy agony.