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

Quote by Jean-Paul Sartre

Topics: Jean-Paul Sartre Quotes

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.

I say a murder is abstract. You pull the trigger and after that you do...

I say a murder is abstract. You pull the trigger and after that you do...

Fascism is not defined by the number of its victims, but by the way it...

Fascism is not defined by the number of its victims, but by the way it...

I tell you in truth: all men are Prophets or else God does not exist.

I tell you in truth: all men are Prophets or else God does not exist.

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.

The existentialist says at once that man is anguish.

The existentialist says at once that man is anguish.

Everything has been figured out, except how to live.

Everything has been figured out, except how to live.

Words are loaded pistols.

Words are loaded pistols.

I am no longer sure of anything. If I satiate my desires, I sin but...

I am no longer sure of anything. If I satiate my desires, I sin but...

There is only one day left, always starting over: it is given to us at...

There is only one day left, always starting over: it is given to us at...

Like all dreamers, I mistook disenchantment for truth.

Like all dreamers, I mistook disenchantment for truth.

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

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

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.

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...

The best work is not what is most difficult for you; it is what you...

The best work is not what is most difficult for you; it is what you...

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.

There are two types of poor people, those who are poor together and those who...

There are two types of poor people, those who are poor together and those who...

"Heaven without love : what a hell. - [Charles de LEUSSE, French writer]"

If nominated, I will not accept; if drafted, I will not run; if elected, I...

If nominated, I will not accept; if drafted, I will not run; if elected, I...