Quotes by Beauvoir, Simone De

The most mediocre of males feels himself a demigod as compared with wo >>

To make oneself an object, to make oneself passive, is a very differen >>

Retirement may be looked upon either as a prolonged holiday or as a re >>

Quotations about Age and Aging

Youth is the gift of nature, but age is a work of art. >>

There are people whose watch stops at a certain hour and who remain pe >>

One of the most important phases of maturing is that of growth from se >>

It is old age, rather than death, that is to be contrasted with life. Old age is life's parody, whereas death transforms life into a destiny: in a way it preserves it by giving it the absolute dimension. Death does away with time.

Beauvoir, Simone De