Quote by Simone Weil
Force is as pitiless to the man who possesses it, or thinks he doe

Force is as pitiless to the man who possesses it, or thinks he does, as it is to its victims the second it crushes, the first it intoxicates. The truth is, nobody really possesses it. – Simone Weil

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