In the face of an obstacle which is impossible to overcome, stubbornne…

Simone de Beauvoir
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In the face of an obstacle which is impossible to overcome, stubbornness is stupid. ✨ Martin Heidegger, Simone de Beauvoir, Jean-Paul Sartre (2016). The Philosophical Library Existentialism Collection: Essays in Metaphysics, The Ethics of Ambiguity, and The Philosophy of Existentialism, p.71, Open Road Media
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