Inspirational Quotes, Motivational Sayings, and Wise Words for Daily Inspiration

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One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman. No biological, psychological, or economic fate determines the figure that the human female presents in society; it is civilization as a whole that produces this creature, intermediate between male and eunuch, which is described as feminine.

Simone De Beauvoir's Popular Quotes

To be free is not to have the power to do anything you like; it is to be able to surpass the given toward an open future.

- Simone De Beauvoir

Be loved, be admired, be necessary; be somebody.

- Simone De Beauvoir

No one is more arrogant toward women, more aggressive or scornful, than the man who is anxious about his virility.

- Simone De Beauvoir

Jealousy is not contemptible, real love has a beak and claws.

- Simone De Beauvoir

The body is not a thing, it is a situation: it is our grasp on the world and our sketch of our project

- Simone De Beauvoir

A man attaches himself to woman -- not to enjoy her, but to enjoy himself.

- Simone De Beauvoir

When women act like women, they are accused of being inferior. When women act like human beings, they are accused of behaving like men.

- Simone De Beauvoir

You have to start from where you are today and from what can be done.

- Simone De Beauvoir

I am too intelligent, too demanding, and too resourceful for anyone to be able to take charge of me entirely. No one knows me or loves me completely.…

- Simone De Beauvoir