Le vieillard: Maintenant... vous voyez aussi les morts. Pierre: Comment les distingue-t-on des vivants? Le vieillard: C'est bien simple: les vivants,… - Jean-Paul Sartre

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Le vieillard: Maintenant... vous voyez aussi les morts.
Pierre: Comment les distingue-t-on des vivants?
Le vieillard: C'est bien simple: les vivants, eux, sonts toujours pressés.

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About Jean-Paul Sartre

Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre (21 June 1905 – 15 April 1980), normally known simply as Jean-Paul Sartre, was a French existentialist philosopher, dramatist and screenwriter, novelist, and critic. He had an enduring personal relationship with fellow philosopher Simone de Beauvoir.

Biography information from Wikiquote · Portrait adapted from Wikimedia Commons, Moshe Milner (CC BY-SA)

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Pen Names: Jacques Guillemin
Alternative Names: Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre Jean Paul Sartre J.P. Sartre J.-P. Sartre Sartre

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