Words for the Day… by Simone de Beauvoir
No one is more arrogant toward women, more aggressive or scornful, than the man who is anxious about his virility.
No one is more arrogant toward women, more aggressive or scornful, than the man who is anxious about his virility.
Fearing no insult, asking for no crown, receive with indifference both flattery and slander, and do not argue with a fool.
I love quotations because it is a joy to find thoughts one might have, beautifully expressed with much authority by someone recognized wiser than oneself.
Mankind, as it appears to me, are always ripe enough to understand their true interest, provided it be presented clearly to their understanding, and that in a manner not to create suspicion by anything like self-design, nor offend by assuming too much.
Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.
The descent to Hell is the same from every place.
I don’t consider myself a pessimist. I think of a pessimist as someone who is waiting for it to rain. And I feel soaked to the skin.
Cock your hat – angles are attitudes.
I wasn’t really naked. I simply didn’t have any clothes on.