One cannot become a saint when one works... by Jean-Paul Sartre | We Heart Quotes

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One cannot become a saint when one works sixteen hours a day.

- Jean-Paul Sartre

Other quotes by Jean-Paul Sartre

Man

The existentialist says at once that man is anguish.

- Jean-Paul Sartre

People

Hell is other people.

- Jean-Paul Sartre

Nothing Life

One always dies too soon or too late. And yet, life is there, finished: the line is drawn, and it must all be added up. You are nothing other than your life.

- Jean-Paul Sartre

Literature Worth

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

- Jean-Paul Sartre

Existence

Existence precedes and rules essence.

- Jean-Paul Sartre

Men

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

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