We always come back to the same vicious circle - an extreme degree of material or intellectual poverty does away with the means of alleviating it.
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All the idols made by man, however terrifying they may be, are in point of fact subordinate to him, and that is why he will always have it in his power to destroy them.Simone de Beauvoir
One's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, indignation and compassion.
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Let women be provided with living strength of their own. Let them have the means to attack the world and wrest from it their own subsistence, and their dependence will be abolished -- that of man also.
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If you live long enough, you'll see every victory turn into a defeat.
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There is no justification for present existence other than its expansion into an indefinitely open future.
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Live with no time out.
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