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Humanism was not wrong in thinking that truth, beauty, liberty, an

Humanism was not wrong in thinking that truth, beauty, liberty, and equality are of infinite value, but in thinking that man can get them for himself without grace. – Simone Weil

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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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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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He was afflicted by the thought that where Beauty was, nothing ever ran quite straight, which no doubt, was why so many people looked on it as immoral. – John Galsworthy

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Heat cannot be separated from fire, or beauty from The Eternal. – Dante Alighieri

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My mama told me in college, I love you, and youre Gods child, but natural beauty will only take you so far. – Robin Roberts

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Avon invented the concept of direct marketing and direct selling beauty. And thats still very valid to us. Well have a firm that will be around for another 114 years as strongly as it was the first 114. – Andrea Jung

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Keep cool my babies. – Conan OBrien

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I understand the harsh feelings and sentiments from my opponents and their supporters because I myself have been defeated twice in my political life in the past and I understand very well it is hard to accept your own failure. – Chen Shui-bian

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