One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman.

Quote by Simone De Beauvoir

Topics: Simone De Beauvoir Quotes

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 the idols made by man, however terrifying they may be, are in point of...

All the idols made by man, however terrifying they may be, are in point of...

Life is occupied in both perpetuating itself and in surpassing itself; if all it does...

Life is occupied in both perpetuating itself and in surpassing itself; if all it does...

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...

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...

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...

One's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others,...

One's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others,...

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.

Retirement may be looked upon either as a prolonged holiday or as a rejection, a...

Retirement may be looked upon either as a prolonged holiday or as a rejection, a...

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...

It is old age, rather than death, that is to be contrasted with life. Old...

It is old age, rather than death, that is to be contrasted with life. Old...

I wish that every human life might be pure transparent freedom.

I wish that every human life might be pure transparent freedom.

In the face of an obstacle which is impossible to overcome, stubbornness is stupid.

In the face of an obstacle which is impossible to overcome, stubbornness is stupid.

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...

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.

It is not in giving life but in risking life that man is raised above...

It is not in giving life but in risking life that man is raised above...

Retirement may be looked upon either as a prolonged holiday or as a rejection, a...

Retirement may be looked upon either as a prolonged holiday or as a rejection, a...

In itself, homosexuality is as limiting as heterosexuality: the ideal should be to be capable...

In itself, homosexuality is as limiting as heterosexuality: the ideal should be to be capable...

Every man alone is sincere. At the entrance of a second person, hypocrisy begins.

Every man alone is sincere. At the entrance of a second person, hypocrisy begins.

Corruption and hypocrisy ought not to be inevitable products of democracy, as they undoubtedly are...

Corruption and hypocrisy ought not to be inevitable products of democracy, as they undoubtedly are...

In Genoa, the word, libertas can be read on the front of prisons and on...

In Genoa, the word, libertas can be read on the front of prisons and on...