Like all dreamers, I mistook disenchantm... by Jean-Paul Sartre | We Heart Quotes

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Like all dreamers, I mistook disenchantment for truth.

- Jean-Paul Sartre

Other quotes by Jean-Paul Sartre

Man World

Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does.

- Jean-Paul Sartre

Work

The best work is not what is most difficult for you; it is what you do best.

- Jean-Paul Sartre

People

When rich people fight wars with one another, poor people are the ones to die.

- Jean-Paul Sartre

War

When the rich wage war, it's the poor who die.

- Jean-Paul Sartre

Murder

I say a murder is abstract. You pull the trigger and after that you do not understand anything that happens.

- Jean-Paul Sartre

Ability

Evil is the product of the ability of humans to make abstract that which is concrete.

- Jean-Paul Sartre

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