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

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.

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...

I hate victims who respect their executioners.

I hate victims who respect their executioners.

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...

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...

You must be afraid, my son. That is how one becomes an honest citizen.

You must be afraid, my son. That is how one becomes an honest citizen.

Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible...

Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible...

If I became a philosopher, if I have so keenly sought this fame for which...

If I became a philosopher, if I have so keenly sought this fame for which...

All that I know about my life, it seems, I have learned in books.

All that I know about my life, it seems, I have learned in books.

Life has no meaning the moment you loose the illusion of being eternal.

Life has no meaning the moment you loose the illusion of being eternal.

She believed in nothing; only her skepticism kept her from being an atheist.

She believed in nothing; only her skepticism kept her from being an atheist.

Acting is happy agony.

Acting is happy agony.

I am not virtuous. Our sons will be if we shed enough blood to give...

I am not virtuous. Our sons will be if we shed enough blood to give...

The existentialist says at once that man is anguish.

The existentialist says at once that man is anguish.

Hell is other people.

Hell is other people.

What do I care about Jupiter? Justice is a human issue, and I do not...

What do I care about Jupiter? Justice is a human issue, and I do not...

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

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

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...

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...

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...