As far as men go, it is not what they are that interests me, but what they can become.
~ Jean-Paul Sartre

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If a victory is told in detail, one can no longer distinguish it from a defeat.
~ Jean-Paul Sartre

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The real nature of the present revealed itself: it was what exists, all that was not present did not exist.
~ Jean-Paul Sartre

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When the rich make war, it’s the poor that die.
~ Jean-Paul Sartre

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Three o’clock is always too late or too early for anything you want to do.
~ Jean-Paul Sartre

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Existence precedes and rules essence.
~ Jean-Paul Sartre

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A writer who takes political, social or literary positions must act only with the means that are his. These means are the written words.
~ Jean-Paul Sartre

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All that I know about my life, it seems, I have learned in books.
~ Jean-Paul Sartre

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For an occurrence to become an adventure, it is necessary and sufficient for one to recount it.
~ Jean-Paul Sartre

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Intellectuals cannot be good revolutionaries; they are just good enough to be assassins.
~ Jean-Paul Sartre

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