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Ideas come in pairs and they contradict one another; their opposition is the principal engine of reflection.

Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980) French philosopher and writer
“Ideology and Revolution,” Studies on the Left, Vol. 1, #3 (1960)
 
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If you are lonely when you’re alone, you are in bad company.

Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980) French philosopher and writer
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Like all dreamers, I mistook disenchantment for truth.

Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980) French philosopher and writer
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We cannot withdraw our cards from the game. Were we as silent and mute as stones, our very passivity would be an act.

Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980) French philosopher and writer
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If you are lonely when you are alone, you are in bad company.

[Si vous êtes seul quand vous êtes seul, vous êtes en mauvaise compagnie.]

Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980) French philosopher and writer
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To choose this or that is to affirm at the same time the value of what we choose, because we can never choose evil. We always choose the good, and nothing can be good for us without being good for all.

Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980) French philosopher and writer
Existentialism and Human Emotions (1957)
 
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