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

Quote by Simone Weil

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Every time that I think of the crucifixion of Christ, I commit the sin of...

Every time that I think of the crucifixion of Christ, I commit the sin of...

If Germany, thanks to Hitler and his successors, were to enslave the European nations and...

If Germany, thanks to Hitler and his successors, were to enslave the European nations and...

I would suggest that barbarism be considered as a permanent and universal human characteristic which...

I would suggest that barbarism be considered as a permanent and universal human characteristic which...

As soon as men know that they can kill without fear of punishment or blame,...

As soon as men know that they can kill without fear of punishment or blame,...

If we are suffering illness, poverty, or misfortune, we think we shall be satisfied on...

If we are suffering illness, poverty, or misfortune, we think we shall be satisfied on...

I suffer more from the humiliations inflicted by my country than from those inflicted on...

I suffer more from the humiliations inflicted by my country than from those inflicted on...

Beauty always promises, but never gives anything.

Beauty always promises, but never gives anything.

For when two beings who are not friends are near each other there is no...

For when two beings who are not friends are near each other there is no...

Imagination and fiction make up more than three quarters of our real life.

Imagination and fiction make up more than three quarters of our real life.

Human beings are so made that the ones who do the crushing feel nothing; it...

Human beings are so made that the ones who do the crushing feel nothing; it...

Imagination is always the fabric of social life and the dynamic of history. The influence...

Imagination is always the fabric of social life and the dynamic of history. The influence...

A test of what is real is that it is hard and rough. Joys are...

A test of what is real is that it is hard and rough. Joys are...

Culture is an instrument wielded by professors to manufacture professors, who when their turn comes...

Culture is an instrument wielded by professors to manufacture professors, who when their turn comes...

The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who...

The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who...

A hurtful act is the transference to others of the degradation which we bear in...

A hurtful act is the transference to others of the degradation which we bear in...

Oppression that is clearly inexorable and invincible does not give rise to revolt but to...

Oppression that is clearly inexorable and invincible does not give rise to revolt but to...

The danger is not lest the soul should doubt whether there is any bread, but...

The danger is not lest the soul should doubt whether there is any bread, but...

It is an eternal obligation toward the human being not to let him suffer from...

It is an eternal obligation toward the human being not to let him suffer from...

Humanism was not wrong in thinking that truth, beauty, liberty, and equality are of infinite...

Humanism was not wrong in thinking that truth, beauty, liberty, and equality are of infinite...

The most important part of teaching is to teach what it is to know.

The most important part of teaching is to teach what it is to know.