Diary entry of Friday (2 February), concerning a card game
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I think they do it to pass the time, nothing more. But time is too large, it can't be filled up. Everything you plunge into it is stretched and disintegrates.
— Jean-Paul Sartre
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Source: Wikiquote: "Jean-Paul Sartre" (Quotes, Nausea (1938): La nausΓ©e (Nausea) )
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About Jean-Paul Sartre
Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre (21 June 1905 β 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.
About Jean-Paul Sartre
Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre (21 June 1905 β 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.
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