Simone de Beauvoir Quotes

Old age is better for women than for men. First of all, they have less far to fall, since their lives are more mediocre than those of most men.

Simone de Beauvoir

• Men
• Mediocre
• Old Age

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• Old age is better for women than for men. First of all, they have less far to fall, since their lives are more mediocre than those of most men.

  

  Simone de Beauvoir
  • Men
  • Mediocre
  • Old Age