If literature isn't everything, it's not... by Jean-Paul Sartre | We Heart Quotes

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If literature isn't everything, it's not worth a single hour of someone's trouble.

- Jean-Paul Sartre

Other quotes by Jean-Paul Sartre

Everything has been figured out, except how to live.

- Jean-Paul Sartre

Dawn

There is only one day left, always starting over: it is given to us at dawn and taken away from us at dusk.

- Jean-Paul Sartre

Men

Better to have beasts that let themselves be killed than men who run away.

- Jean-Paul Sartre

If you’re lonely when you’re alone, you’re in bad company.

- Jean-Paul Sartre

Hate

I hate victims who respect their executioners.

- Jean-Paul Sartre

Fear

Fear? If I have gained anything by damning myself, it is that I no longer have anything to fear.

- Jean-Paul Sartre

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