The poor don't know that their function in life is to exercise our generosity

Quote by Jean-Paul Sartre

Topics: Justice Quotes, Trust Quotes

Everything has been figured out, except how to live.

Everything has been figured out, except how to live.

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

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

Acting is a question of absorbing other people's personalities and adding some of your own...

Acting is a question of absorbing other people's personalities and adding some of your own...

Generosity is nothing else than a craze to possess. All which I abandon, all which...

Generosity is nothing else than a craze to possess. All which I abandon, all which...

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.

When the rich wage war, it's the poor who die.

When the rich wage war, it's the poor who die.

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.

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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.

Like all dreamers, I mistook disenchantment for truth.

Like all dreamers, I mistook disenchantment for truth.

Life begins on the other side of despair.

Life begins on the other side of despair.

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...

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...

We do not judge the people we love

We do not judge the people we love

We should not pretend to understand the world only by the intellect. The judgement of...

We should not pretend to understand the world only by the intellect. The judgement of...

We judge of man's wisdom by his hope

We judge of man's wisdom by his hope