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His Quotes by Simone Weil
- The poet produces the beautiful by fixing his attention on something real.
- The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell.
- It is an eternal obligation toward the human being not to let him suffer from hunger when one has a chance of coming to his…
- It is only the impossible that is possible for God. He has given over the possible to the mechanics of matter and the autonomy of…
- If Germany, thanks to Hitler and his successors, were to enslave the European nations and destroy most of the treasures of their past, future historians…
More His Quotes
- Man cannot be free if he does not know that he is subject to necessity, because his freedom is always won in… — Hannah Arendt
- At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst. — Aristotle
- A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler… — Aristotle
- Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes… — Aristotle
- A real man loves his wife, and places his family as the most important thing in life. Nothing has brought me more… — Frank Abagnale
- Resolve to be thyself: and know that he who finds himself, loses his misery. — Matthew Arnold
- I myself spent nine years in an insane asylum and I never had the obsession of suicide, but I know that each… — Antonin Artaud
- I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. — Aristotle