It is not in giving life but in risking life that man is raised above the animal; that is why superiority has been accorded in humanity not to the sex that brings forth but to that which kills.

Quote by Simone De Beauvoir

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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, 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...

Few tasks are more like the torture of Sisyphus than housework, with its endless repetition:...

Few tasks are more like the torture of Sisyphus than housework, with its endless repetition:...

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.

It is easier to think of the world without a creator than of a creator...

It is easier to think of the world without a creator than of a creator...

The most mediocre of males feels himself a demigod as compared with women.

The most mediocre of males feels himself a demigod as compared with women.

This has always been a man's world, and none of the reasons that have been...

This has always been a man's world, and none of the reasons that have been...

The word love has by no means the same sense for both sexes, and this...

The word love has by no means the same sense for both sexes, and this...

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...

Representation of the world, like the world itself, is the work of men; they describe...

Representation of the world, like the world itself, is the work of men; they describe...

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...

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...

If you live long enough, you'll see that every victory turns into a defeat.

If you live long enough, you'll see that every victory turns into a defeat.

One is not born a woman, but becomes one.

One is not born a woman, but becomes one.

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.

Man is defined as a human being and a woman as a female - whenever...

Man is defined as a human being and a woman as a female - whenever...

Buying is a profound pleasure.

Buying is a profound pleasure.

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

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

All oppression creates a state of war.

All oppression creates a state of war.

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.