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Two Quotes by Simone Weil
- Art is the symbol of the two noblest human efforts: to construct and to refrain from destruction.
- 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;…
- There are two atheisms of which one is a purification of the notion of God.
- There are only two things that pierce the human heart. One is beauty. The other is affliction.
- The payment of debts is necessary for social order. The non-payment is quite equally necessary for social order. For centuries humanity has oscillated, serenely unaware,…
- There are only two sorts of greatness: true greatness, which is of a spiritual order, and the old, old lie of world conquest. Conquest is…
- The right to kill: supposing the life of X ... were linked with our own so that the two deaths had to be simultaneous, should…
- For when two beings who are not friends are near each other there is no meeting, and when friends are far apart there is no…
- Two prisoners whose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on the wall. The wall is the thing which separates them but is also…
- Two forces rule the universe: light and gravity.
- Our patriotism comes straight from the Romans. This is why French children are encouraged to seek inspiration for it in Corneille. It is a pagan…
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