“Man is what he wills himself to be.”
― No Exit and Three Other Plays
― No Exit and Three Other Plays
“It is impossible to escape the impression that people commonly use false standards of measurement — that they seek power, success and wealth for themselves and admire them in others, and that they underestimate what is of true value in life.”
― Civilization and Its Discontents
― Civilization and Its Discontents
“I am not sure that I exist, actually. I am all the writers that I have read, all the people that I have met, all the women that I have loved; all the cities I have visited.”
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“When the rich wage war it's the poor who die.”
― Le diable et le bon dieu
― Le diable et le bon dieu
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