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In a country lacking leaders, in Africa, for instance, how could a native educated in Europe refuse to become a professor, even at the price of his literary vocation?
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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If I did not publish this autobiography [Les Mots] sooner and in its most radical form, it is because I considered it exaggerated.
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When I can't see myself in the mirror, I can't even feel myself, and I begin to wonder if I exist at all.
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I am not virtuous. Our sons will be if we shed enough blood to give them the right to be.
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The consciousness that says 'I am' is not the consciousness that thinks.
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What do I care about Jupiter? Justice is a human issue, and I do not need a god to teach it to me.
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If you die, I will lie down beside you and I will stay there until the end, without eating or drinking, you will rot in my arms and I will love you as carcass: for you love nothing if you do not love everything.
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