It disturbs me no more to find men base,... by Jean-Paul Sartre | We Heart Quotes

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It disturbs me no more to find men base, unjust, or selfish than to see apes mischievous, wolves savage, or the vulture ravenous.

- Jean-Paul Sartre

Other quotes by Jean-Paul Sartre

Nothing Being

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

- Jean-Paul Sartre

Care God

What do I care about Jupiter? Justice is a human issue, and I do not need a god to teach it to me.

- Jean-Paul Sartre

Sex

Neither sex, without some fertilization of the complimentary characters of the other, is capable of the highest reaches of human endeavor.

- 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

Chance

Every existing thing is born without reason, prolongs itself out of weakness, and dies by chance.

- Jean-Paul Sartre

Soul

I am no longer sure of anything. If I satiate my desires, I sin but I deliver myself from them; if I refuse to satisfy them, they infect the whole soul.

- Jean-Paul Sartre

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