Simone de Beauvoir (1908–1986) French writer, intellectual, existentialist philosopher, political activist, feminist, and social theorist
Source: Prime of Life
“…to feel oneself a martyr, as everybody knows, is a pleasurable thing…”
Source: Literary Years and War (1900-1918), The Riddle Of The Sands (1903), p. 1.
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