Every existing thing is born without rea... by Jean-Paul Sartre | We Heart Quotes

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

- Jean-Paul Sartre

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Worth Literature

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

- Jean-Paul Sartre

Life

Life begins on the other side of despair.

- Jean-Paul Sartre

May War World

Total war is no longer war waged by all members of one national community against all those of another. It is total... because it may well involve the whole world.

- Jean-Paul Sartre

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

- Jean-Paul Sartre

Trust

Ah! yes, I know: those who see me rarely trust my word: I must look too intelligent to keep it.

- Jean-Paul Sartre

Work

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

- Jean-Paul Sartre

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