"In life man commits himself and draws his own portrait, outside of which there is nothing. No doubt this thought may seem harsh to someone who has not made a success of his life. But on the other hand, it helps people to understand that reality alone counts, and that dreams, expectations and hopes only serve to define a man as a broken dream, aborted hopes, and futile expectations."

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About Jean-Paul Sartre

Jean-Paul Sartre was a French philosopher, novelist, and playwright associated with existentialism. His major works include Nausea and Being and Nothingness. He received the 1964 Nobel Prize in Literature but declined it.

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