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Fire destroys that which feeds it.

Simone Weil

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Simone Weil
Age: 34 †
Born: 1909
Born: February 3
Died: 1943
Died: August 24
Autobiographer
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French Resistance Fighter
Philosopher
Poet
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Trade Unionist
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Paris
France
Simone Adolphine Weil
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