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Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions reality can be att

Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions reality can be attained only by someone who is detached. – Simone Weil

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When once a certain class of people has been placed by the temporal and spiritual authorities outside the ranks of those whose life has value, then nothing comes more naturally to men than murder. – Simone Weil

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A science which does not bring us nearer to God is worthless. – Simone Weil

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As soon as men know that they can kill without fear of punishment or blame, they kill or at least they encourage killers with approving smiles. – Simone Weil

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When I meet people who say – which they do all of the time – I must just tell you, my great aunt had cancer of the elbow and the doctors gave her 10 seconds to live, but last I heard she was climbing Mount Everest, and so forth, I switch off quite early. – Christopher Hitchens

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It is a great act of cleverness to be able to conceal ones being clever. – Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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I exhort you also to take part in the great combat, which is the combat of life, and greater than every other earthly conflict. – Plato

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To have a great idea, have a lot of them. – Thomas A. Edison

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I have written too much history to have faith in it and if anyone thinks Im wrong, I am inclined to agree with him. – Henry Adams

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