Simone de Beauvoir Quotes about Giving

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To give space when what one most yearns for is closeness, that is both the great test and great tragedy of love.

To give space when what one most yearns for is closeness, that is both the great test and great tragedy of love.

Simone de Beauvoir

Space, Giving, Tragedy

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.

Simone de Beauvoir

Marriage, Lying, Giving

"The Second Sex". Book by Simone de Beauvoir, translated by H. M. Parshley. Book 2, Part 5, Chapter 2: "The Mother", p. 522, 1972.

Oppression tries to defend itself by its utility. But we have seen that it is one of the lies of the serious mind to attempt to give the word "useful" an absolute meaning; nothing is useful if it is not useful to man; nothing is useful to man if the latter is not in a position to define his own ends and values, if he is not free.

Simone de Beauvoir

Lying, Men, Giving

Simone de Beauvoir (2011). “The Ethics of Ambiguity”, p.47, Open Road Media

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”