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Simone Weil Quotes

I would suggest that barbarism be considered as a permanent and universal human characteristic which becomes more or less pronounced according to the play of circumstances.
Simone Weil

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Category:
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Date of Birth:
February 3, 1909
Date of Death:
August 24, 1943
Nationality:
French
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