Words are loaded pistols.

Quote by Jean-Paul Sartre

Topics: Jean-Paul Sartre Quotes

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...

A lost battle is a battle one thinks one has lost.

A lost battle is a battle one thinks one has lost.

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.

Existence precedes and rules essence.

Existence precedes and rules essence.

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...

One is still what one is going to cease to be and already what one...

One is still what one is going to cease to be and already what one...

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

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

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...

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...

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 have no need for good souls: an accomplice is what I wanted.

I have no need for good souls: an accomplice is what I wanted.

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

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

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...

I confused things with their names: that is belief.

I confused things with their names: that is belief.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

Neither sex, without some fertilization of the complimentary characters of the other, is capable of...

Neither sex, without some fertilization of the complimentary characters of the other, is capable of...