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

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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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