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The supernatural virtue of justice consists of behaving exactly as though there were equality when one is the stronger in an unequal relationship.

Simone Weil

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Simone Weil
Age: 34 †
Born: 1909
Born: February 3
Died: 1943
Died: August 24
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Simone Adolphine Weil
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