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Better to have beasts that let themselves be killed than men who run away.
Jean-Paul Sartre
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Jean-Paul Sartre
Age: 74 †
Born: 1905
Born: January 1
Died: 1980
Died: January 1
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Il n'y a de réalité que dans l'action. (There is no reality except in action.)
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It is enough that one man hate another for hate to gain, little by little, all mankind.
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