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Art is the symbol of the two noblest human efforts: to construct and to refrain from destruction.
Simone Weil
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Simone Weil
Age: 34 †
Born: 1909
Born: February 3
Died: 1943
Died: August 24
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French Resistance Fighter
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Simone Adolphine Weil
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Modern life is given over to immoderation. Immoderation invades everything: actions and thought, public and private life.
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The role of the intelligence - that part of us which affirms and denies and formulates opinions is merely to submit.
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We are like horses who hurt themselves as soon as they pull on their bits - and we bow our heads. We even lose consciousness of the situation, we just submit. Any re-awakening of thought is then painful.
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