" Freedom is what you do with what's been done to you. " ~ Jean-Paul Sartre (unverified)

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[–]lestratege 4 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 3 fun -  (2 children)

The original is:

"L’important n’est pas ce qu’on fait de nous mais ce que nous faisons nous-même de ce qu’on a fait de nous." in Saint Genet, comédien et martyr (1952) Gallimard p.55

https://books.google.co.jp/books/content?id=6qxEAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA55&img=1&pgis=1&dq=L%E2%80%99important+n%E2%80%99est+pas+ce+qu%E2%80%99on+fait+de+nous&bul=1&sig=ACfU3U1xaldm0Do9Zns53qtjkbJInlgkHQ&edge=0

[What matters is not what is being done of us, but what we do ourselves with what has been done of us]

[–]jet199 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

This is a better quote

[–]JasonCarswell[S] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Merci beaucoup!

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