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The beautiful is the experimental proof that the incarnation is possible.
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
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Simone Adolphine Weil
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There is a certain kind of morality which is even more alien to good and evil than amorality is.
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All those who possess in its pure state the love of their neighbour and the acceptance of the order of the world, inclucing affliction-all those, even should they live and die to all appearances atheists, are surely saved.
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A self-respecting nation is ready for anything, including war, except for a renunciation of its option to make war.
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The need of truth is more sacred than any other need.
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