Quote by Simone Weil
A test of what is real is that it is hard and rough. Joys are foun

A test of what is real is that it is hard and rough. Joys are found in it, not pleasure. What is pleasant belongs to dreams. – Simone Weil

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When a mans life is destroyed or damaged by some wound or privation of soul or body, which is due to other mens actions or negligence, it is not only his sensibility that suffers but also his aspiration toward the good. Therefore there has been sacrilege towards that which is sacred in him. – Simone Weil

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Hurt, Injury
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The only hope of socialism resides in those who have already brought about in themselves, as far as is possible in the society of today, that union between manual and intellectual labor which characterizes the society we are aiming at. – Simone Weil

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Hope
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Every new development for the last three centuries has brought men closer to a state of affairs in which absolutely nothing would be recognized in the whole world as possessing a claim to obedience except the authority of the State. The majority of people in Europe obey nothing else. – Simone Weil

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State
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Dreams
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When I was in high school, I dont know that I really had big dreams. – Alan Jackson

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Dreams

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined. – Henry David Thoreau

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Dreams

Ill see you in my dreams. – Gus Kahn

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Dreams

If there were dreams to sell, what would you buy? – Thomas Lovell Beddoes

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Dreams

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