Jean-Paul Sartre Quotes (10+)

Enjoy the best Jean-Paul Sartre Quotes. Quotations by Jean-Paul Sartre (French Philosopher and Existentialist)
Jan 01, 1905 - Jan 01, 1980

Existence precedes essence.

Better to die on one's feet than to live on one's knees.

Freedom is what we do with what is done to us.

Man is condemned to be free; he is responsible for everything he does.

If you're lonely when you're alone, you're in bad company.

Hell is—other people!

Freedom is what you do with what's been done to you.

Jean-Paul Sartre

Man is not sum of what he has already, but rather the sum of what he does not yet have, of what he could have.

Jean-Paul Sartre

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Jean-Paul Sartre (1905–1980) was a pivotal figure in 20th-century French philosophy, best known for his development of Existentialism and his belief that 'existence precedes essence,' meaning humans are free to define their own meaning.