Being is. Being is in-itself. Being is w... by Jean-Paul Sartre | We Heart Quotes

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Being is. Being is in-itself. Being is what it is.

- Jean-Paul Sartre

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Sons Blood Right Will

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

- Jean-Paul Sartre

Waiting Women

If I became a philosopher, if I have so keenly sought this fame for which I'm still waiting, it's all been to seduce women basically.

- Jean-Paul Sartre

Failure

All human actions are equivalent and all are on principle doomed to failure.

- 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

Science Wrong Right Politics

Politics is a science. You can demonstrate that you are right and that others are wrong.

- Jean-Paul Sartre

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