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Jean-Paul Sartre

Jean-Paul Sartre

French writer, philosopher and Nobel laureate in literature (1964)

Lived from: 1905 - 1980

Category: Philosophers | Writers (Contemporary) Country: FlagFrance

Born: 21 june 1905 Died: 15 april 1980

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  • It is only in our decisions that we are important.
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  • All human actions are equivalent... and all are on principle doomed to failure.
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  • Being is. Being is in-itself. Being is what it is.
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  • Every existing thing is born without reason, prolongs itself out of weakness, and dies by chance.
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  • Everything has been figured out, except how to live.
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  • Fascism is not defined by the number of its victims, but by the way it kills them.
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  • Freedom is what you do with what's been done to you.
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  • Generosity is nothing else than a craze to possess. All which I abandon, all which I give, I enjoy in a higher manner through the fact that I give it away. To give is to enjoy possessively the object which one gives.
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  • Hell is other people.
    Original: L'enfer, c'est les autres.
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  • I hate victims who respect their executioners.
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  • If literature isn't everything, it's not worth a single hour of someone's trouble.
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  • If you are lonely when you are alone, you are in bad company.
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  • Life begins on the other side of despair.
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  • Man is a useless passion.
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  • Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does.
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  • Once you hear the details of victory, it is hard to distinguish it from a defeat.
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  • One is still what one is going to cease to be and already what one is going to become. One lives one's death, one dies one's life.
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  • The poor don't know that their function in life is to exercise our generosity.
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  • Three o clock is always too late or too early for anything you want to do.
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  • Three o'clock is always too late or too early for anything you want to do.
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What are the most famous quotes from Jean-Paul Sartre?

The two most famous quotes from Jean-Paul Sartre are:

  • "It is only in our decisions that we are important."
  • "All human actions are equivalent... and all are on principle doomed to failure."

When did Jean-Paul Sartre live?

Jean-Paul Sartre was born in 1905 and died in the year 1980.