Simone de Beauvoir Quotes About War
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Every war, every revolution, demands the sacrifice of a generation, of a collectivity, by those who undertake it.
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If you live long enough, you'll see that every victory turns into a defeat.
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It must be said in addition that the men with the most scrupulous respect for embryonic life are also those who are most zealous when it comes to condemning adults to death in war.
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The curse which lies upon marriage is that too often the individuals are joined in their weakness rather than in their strength -each asking from the other instead of finding pleasure in giving. It is even more deceptive to dream of gaining through the child a plenitude, a warmth, a value, which one is unable to create for oneself; the child brings joy only to the woman who is capable of disinterestedly desiring the happiness of another, to one who without being wrapped up in self seeks to transcend her own existence.
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All oppression creates a state of war.
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