Jean-Paul Sartre quotes

Jean-Paul Sartre was a French philosopher, playwright, and novelist, known as a leading figure in existentialism. His works explored themes of freedom, responsibility, and the human condition. He greatly influenced modern philosophy and literature through his writings and activism. Here are 371 of his quotes:

When rich people fight wars with one another, poor people are the ones to die. (Jean-Paul Sartre)
Hell is other people. View quote
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Words are loaded pistols. View quote
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All that I know about my life, it seems, I have learned in books. View quote
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I am condemned to be free. View quote
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The best work is not what is most difficult for you; it is what you do best. View quote
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Three o'clock is always too late or too early for anything you want to do. View quote
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I hate victims who respect their executioners. View quote
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Freedom is what you do with what's been done to you. View quote
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If literature isn't everything, it's not worth a single hour of someone's trouble. View quote
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Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does. (Jean-Paul Sartre)
To eat is to appropriate by destruction. View quote
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Life begins on the other side of despair. View quote
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Fascism is not defined by the number of its victims, but by the way it kills them. View quote
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I am no longer sure of anything. If I satiate my desires, I sin but I deliver myself from them; if I refuse to satisfy them, they infect the whole soul. View quote
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I have no need for good souls: an accomplice is what I wanted. View quote
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A lost battle is a battle one thinks one has lost. View quote
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Ah! yes, I know: those who see me rarely trust my word: I must look too intelligent to keep it. View quote
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Every age has its own poetry; in every age the circumstances of history choose a nation, a race, a class to take up the torch by creating situations that can be expressed or transcended only through poetry. View quote
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Politics is a science. You can demonstrate that you are right and that others are wrong. View quote
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One cannot become a saint when one works sixteen hours a day. (Jean-Paul Sartre)
I tell you in truth: all men are Prophets or else God does not exist. View quote
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Fear? If I have gained anything by damning myself, it is that I no longer have anything to fear. View quote
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That God does not exist, I cannot deny, That my whole being cries out for God I cannot forget. View quote
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She believed in nothing; only her skepticism kept her from being an atheist. View quote
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Jean-Paul Sartre

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Occupation: French Philosopher
Born: June 21, 1905
Died: April 15, 1980
Quotes count: 371
Wikipedia: Jean-Paul Sartre

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