How can I, who was not able to retain my own past, hope to save that of another?
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The first effect of existentialism is that it puts every man in possession of himself as he is, and places the entire responsibility for his existence squarely upon his own shoulders. And, when we say that man is responsible for himself, we do not mean that he is responsible only for his own individuality, but that he is responsible for all men.
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in Quotes & Aphorisms (Moods)
Don't you feel the same way? When I cannot see myself, even though I touch myself, I wonder if I really exist.
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We must act out passion before we can feel it.
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Jupiter: I am not your king, impudent larva? Who then has created you?
Orestes: You. But you should not have created me free.
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Aegistheus, the kings have another secret. Once liberty has exploded in the soul of a man, the Gods can do nothing against that man. It is a matter for men to handle amongst themselves, and it is up to other men, and to them alone, to let him flee or to destroy him.
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in Quotes & Aphorisms (Wisdom)
Words are loaded pistols.
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in Quotes & Aphorisms (Life)
Life has no meaning the moment you lose the illusion of being eternal.
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Hell is other people.
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in Quotes & Aphorisms (Moods)
In a word, man must create his own essence: it is in throwing himself into the world, suffering there, struggling there, that he gradually defines himself.
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