I tell you in truth: all men are Prophets or else God does not exist.
Quotes from The Devil and the Good Lord — Jean-Paul Sartre
1905–1980 France
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The Devil and the Good Lord (1951)
It is too early to love. We will buy the right to do so by shedding blood.
The Devil and the Good Lord (1951)
The Devil and the Good Lord (1951)
It is the same: a chosen one is a man whom God's finger crushes against the wall.
The Devil and the Good Lord (1951)
Better to have beasts that let themselves be killed than men who run away.
The Devil and the Good Lord (1951)
I know only one Church: it is the society of men.
The Devil and the Good Lord (1951)
If a victory is told in detail, one can no longer distinguish it from a defeat.
The Devil and the Good Lord (1951)
One cannot become a saint when one works sixteen hours a day.
The Devil and the Good Lord (1951)
Your church is a whore: she sells her favors to the rich.
The Devil and the Good Lord (1951)
Farewell to the monsters, farewell to the saints. Farewell to pride. All that is left is men.
The Devil and the Good Lord (1951)
It is not the same thing. You are perhaps not lying, but you are not telling the truth.
The Devil and the Good Lord (1951)
The Devil and the Good Lord (1951)
The Devil and the Good Lord (1951)
If you are not already dead, forgive. Rancor is heavy, it is worldly; leave it on earth: die light.
The Devil and the Good Lord (1951)
The Devil and the Good Lord (1951)
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The Devil and the Good Lord (1951)
Ah! yes, I know: those who see me rarely trust my word: I must look too intelligent to keep it.
The Devil and the Good Lord (1951)
I am not virtuous. Our sons will be if we shed enough blood to give them the right to be.
The Devil and the Good Lord (1951)
Attribution
Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Jean-Paul Sartre (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.