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Society cares about the individual only in so far as he is profitable. The young know this. Their anxiety as they enter in upon social life matches the anguish of the old as they are excluded from it.

Society cares about the individual only in so far as he is profitable. The young know this. Their anxiety as they enter in upon social life matches the anguish of the old as they are excluded from it.

Simone de Beauvoir
Anxiety, Age, Care
"The Coming of Age". Book by Simone de Beauvoir. Conclusion, p. 543, 1970.

Society turns away from the aged worker as though he belonged to another species. That is why the whole question is buried in a conspiracy of silence. Old age exposes the failure of our entire civilization.

Simone de Beauvoir
Civilization, Silence, Age
Simone de Beauvoir (1972). “La vieillesse”

Old age was growing inside me. It kept catching my eye from the depths of the mirror. I was paralyzed sometimes as I saw it making its way toward me so steadily when nothing inside me was ready for it.

Simone de Beauvoir
Eye, Mirrors, Age
Simone de Beauvoir (1977). “Force of circumstance”

There is only one solution if old age is not to be an absurd parody of our former life, and that is to go on pursuing ends that give our existence a meaning.

Simone de Beauvoir
Giving, Age, Goes On
Simone de Beauvoir (1972). “La vieillesse”

Old age is life's parody.

Simone de Beauvoir
Age, Parody, Old Age
Simone de Beauvoir (1972). “La vieillesse”

Since it is the Other within us who is old, it is natural that the revelation of our age should come to us from outside --from others. We do not accept it willingly.

Simone de Beauvoir
Time, Age, Aging
Simone de Beauvoir (1972). “La vieillesse”

Sign of old age: distress at all leave-takings, all separations. And the sadness of memories, because I'm aware they're condemned to death.

Simone de Beauvoir
Memories, Sadness, Age
Simone de Beauvoir (1977). “Force of Circumstance: Hard times”

Old age is better for women than for men. First of all, they have less far to fall, since their lives are more mediocre than those of most men.

Simone de Beauvoir
Fall, Men, Age

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