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Jean-Paul Sartre Quotes on Life

Jean-Paul Sartre was a 20th-century French philosopher, playwright, novelist, and political activist, the leading public exponent of existentialism in the post-war period. This page collects quotes attributed to Jean-Paul Sartre on the topic of life, drawn from across the philosopher's works.

Quotes

  • Attributed to Jean-Paul Sartre:

    “Hell is other people.”

  • Attributed to Jean-Paul Sartre:

    “Existence precedes essence.”

  • Attributed to Jean-Paul Sartre:

    “Man is condemned to be free.”

  • Attributed to Jean-Paul Sartre:

    “Three o'clock is always too late or too early for anything you want to do.”

  • Attributed to Jean-Paul Sartre:

    “Man is nothing else but what he makes of himself.”

  • Attributed to Jean-Paul Sartre:

    “Life begins on the other side of despair.”