If a victory is told in detail, one can no longer distinguish it from a defeat.

Quote by Jean-Paul Sartre

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If literature isn't everything, it's not worth a single hour of someone's trouble.

If literature isn't everything, it's not worth a single hour of someone's trouble.

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...

I distrust the incommunicable; it is the source of all violence

I distrust the incommunicable; it is the source of all violence

Never have I thought that I was the happy possessor of a alent; my sole...

Never have I thought that I was the happy possessor of a alent; my sole...

For an occurrence to become an adventure, it is necessary and sufficient for one to...

For an occurrence to become an adventure, it is necessary and sufficient for one to...

Man is not the sum of what he has already, but rather the sum of...

Man is not the sum of what he has already, but rather the sum of...

Neither sex, without some fertilization of the complimentary characters of the other, is capable of...

Neither sex, without some fertilization of the complimentary characters of the other, is capable of...

Every age has its own poetry; in every age the circumstances of history choose a...

Every age has its own poetry; in every age the circumstances of history choose a...

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

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

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...

Words are loaded pistols.

Words are loaded pistols.

Hell is other people.

Hell is other people.

Better to have beasts that let themselves be killed than men who run away.

Better to have beasts that let themselves be killed than men who run away.

Acting is happy agony.

Acting is happy agony.

I do not believe in God; his existence has been disproved by Science. But in...

I do not believe in God; his existence has been disproved by Science. But in...

God is absence. God is the solitude of man.

God is absence. God is the solitude of man.

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.

Man is fully responsible for his nature and his choices.

Man is fully responsible for his nature and his choices.

Three o'clock is always too late or too early for anything you want to do.

Three o'clock is always too late or too early for anything you want to do.

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

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