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Category Archive: 1909

Simone Weil Quote: “It is not the cause for…”

It is not the cause for which men took up arms that makes a victory more just or less, it is the order that is established when arms have been laid down.

October 23, 2021 1909, February 3, French, Quotes by Philosophers, Simone Weil

Stanislaw Jerzy Lec Quote: “The weakest link in a chain…”

The weakest link in a chain is the strongest because it can break it.

October 16, 2021 1909, March 6, Polish, Quotes by Poets, Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

Simone Weil Quote: “The danger is not lest the…”

The danger is not lest the soul should doubt whether there is any bread, but lest, by a lie, it should persuade itself that it is not hungry.

October 15, 2021 1909, February 3, French, Quotes by Philosophers, Simone Weil

Simone Weil Quote: “Human beings are so made that…”

Human beings are so made that the ones who do the crushing feel nothing; it is the person crushed who feels what is happening. Unless one has placed oneself on the side of the oppressed, to feel with them, one cannot understand.

October 12, 2021 1909, February 3, French, Quotes by Philosophers, Simone Weil

Nicholas Winton Quote: “It gets a bit boring talking…”

It gets a bit boring talking about the same thing for a hundred years.

October 6, 2021 1909, British, May 19, Nicholas Winton, Quotes by Activists

Stanislaw Jerzy Lec Quote: “No snowflake in an avalanche ever…”

No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.

October 4, 2021 1909, March 6, Polish, Quotes by Poets, Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

Stanislaw Jerzy Lec Quote: “The pleasure of reading is doubled…”

The pleasure of reading is doubled when one lives with another who shares the same books.

September 5, 2021 1909, March 6, Polish, Quotes by Poets, Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

C. Northcote Parkinson Quote: “Expenditures rise to meet income….”

Expenditures rise to meet income.

September 4, 2021 1909, British, C. Northcote Parkinson, June 30, Quotes by Historians

Simone Weil Quote: “Every time that I think of…”

Every time that I think of the crucifixion of Christ, I commit the sin of envy.

September 1, 2021 1909, February 3, French, Quotes by Philosophers, Simone Weil

Simone Weil Quote: “There can be a true grandeur…”

There can be a true grandeur in any degree of submissiveness, because it springs from loyalty to the laws and to an oath, and not from baseness of soul.

August 24, 2021 1909, February 3, French, Quotes by Philosophers, Simone Weil

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