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Jean-Paul Sartre - But when they have realized that it...

But when they have realized that it [society] rejects them forever, they themselves assume the ostracism of which they are victims so as not to leave the initiative to their oppressors. (Jean-Paul Sartre)

But when they have realized that it [society] rejects them forever, they themselves assume the ostracism of which they are victims so as not to leave the initiative to their oppressors.

Jean-Paul Sartre

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