Quote of André Comte-Sponville - It is by playing the man...
Biography - André Comte-Sponville:
French philosopher.
Born: 1952
Period:
21st century
20th century
Place of birth: France
Born: 1952
Period:
21st century
20th century
Place of birth: France
It is by playing the man, or the woman well that one helps humanity to exist. And it is necessary: it needs you just as you need it!
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Quotes about human nature:
Humanity takes itself too seriously. It is the world's original sin. If the caveman had known how to laugh, History would have been different.
Why should the law refuse its protection to any sensitive being? The time will come when humanity will extend its mantle over everything which breathes.
Quotes about woman:
In fact, as a woman, I have no country. As a woman I want no country. As a woman my country is the whole world.
Never forget that it will be enough for a political, economic or religious crisis for the rights of women to be called into question. These rights are never acquired. You will have to remain vigilant throughout your life.
No one is more arrogant toward women, more aggressive or scornful, than the man who is anxious about his virility.
No longer shall I paint interiors with men reading and women knitting. I will paint living people who breathe and feel and suffer and love.
The history of men's opposition to women's emancipation is more interesting perhaps than the story of that emancipation itself.
Quotes about man, all human beings:
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