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In the intellectual order, the virtue of humility is nothing more

In the intellectual order, the virtue of humility is nothing more nor less than the power of attention. – Simone Weil

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The mysteries of faith are degraded if they are made into an object of affirmation and negation, when in reality they should be an object of contemplation. – Simone Weil

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Most works of art, like most wines, ought to be consumed in the district of their fabrication. – Simone Weil

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