Quote by Simone Weil
Beauty always promises, but never gives anything. - Simone Weil

Beauty always promises, but never gives anything. – Simone Weil

Other quotes by Simone Weil

There is one, and only one, thing in modern society more hideous than crime namely, repressive justice. – Simone Weil

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Society
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Imagination is always the fabric of social life and the dynamic of history. The influence of real needs and compulsions, of real interests and materials, is indirect because the crowd is never conscious of it. – Simone Weil

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History
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Love is the beauty of the soul. – Saint Augustine

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I grew up in a family where we werent allowed to talk about beauty or to put any emphasis on physical appearance. – Pam Grier

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It seems to me that the natural world is the greatest source of excitement the greatest source of visual beauty the greatest source of intellectual interest. It is the greatest source of so much in life that makes life worth living. – David Attenborough

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What humbugs we are, who pretend to live for Beauty, and never see the Dawn! – Logan Pearsall Smith

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The essential support and encouragement comes from within, arising out of the mad notion that your society needs to know what only you can tell it. – John Updike

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Just got back from a pleasure trip: I took my mother-in-law to the airport. – Henny Youngman

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I feel connected to the Second World War because my father lost his father in that war. So, through my dad and the effect it had on him of losing his father young, I always felt connected to the war. It goes back years, but it still feels to me as if were completely living in it. – Tom Hooper

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As we get closer to the end of this Congress, we should be addressing the urgent needs of the American people – the war in Iraq, affordable health care, a sensible energy policy, quality education for our children, retirement security, and a sound and fair fiscal policy. – Chris Van Hollen

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