Oppression tries to defend ...

Oppression tries to defend itself by its utility. But we have seen that it is one of the lies of the serious mind to attempt to give the word \

Oppression tries to defend itself by its utility. But we have seen that it is one of the lies of the serious mind to attempt to give the word "useful" an absolute meaning; nothing is useful if it is not useful to man; nothing is useful to man if the latter is not in a position to define his own ends and values, if he is not free.

Simone de Beauvoir

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One's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, indignation and compassion.

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Change your life today. Don't gamble on the future, act now, without delay.

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I wish that every human life might be pure transparent freedom.

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Retirement revives the sorrow of parting, the feeling of abandonment, solitude and uselessness that is caused by the loss of some beloved person.

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