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Such Quotes by Simone Weil
- When war is waged, it is for the purpose of safeguarding or increasing one's capacity to make war. International politics are wholly involved in this…
- Those who keep the masses of men in subjection by exercising force and cruelty deprive them at once of two vital foods, liberty and obedience;…
- A modern factory reaches perhaps almost the limit of horror. Everybody in it is constantly harassed and kept on edge by the interference of extraneous…
- Bourgeois society is infected by monomania: the monomania of accounting. For it, the only thing that has value is what can be counted in francs…
- Justice, truth, and beauty are sisters and comrades. With three such beautiful words we have no need to look for any others.
- Human existence is so fragile a thing and exposed to such dangers that I cannot love without trembling.
More Such Quotes
- To this military attitude of the soul we give the name of Heroism... It is a self-trust which slights the restraints of… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Its a shame to hide such a wonderful feeling like Love, When you love someone, show it, say it! Love must be… — Anurag Prakash Ray
- He took the bride about the neck and kissed her lips with such a clamorous smack that at the parting all the… — William Shakespeare
- We must have a theme, a goal, a purpose in our lives. If you don't know where you're aiming, you don't have… — Mary Kay Ash
- Years ago someone wrote [about me]: 'She characterizes Molly Weasley as a mother who is only at home looking after the children.'… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
- The liberty of man consists solely in this, that he obeys the laws of nature because he has himself recognized them as… — Mikhail Bakunin
- There are problems with nursing - such as the issue of nurses all having to do degrees these days. But that doesn't… — Jo Brand
- It [sin] cannot occur at any time nor in any form without his permission. While he does not actively originate it, he… — James Petigru Boyce