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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The love of our neighbor in all its fullness simply means being able to say,...

The love of our neighbor in all its fullness simply means being able to say,...

To set up as a standard of public morality a notion which can neither be...

To set up as a standard of public morality a notion which can neither be...

Mathematics alone make us feel the limits of our intelligence. For we can always suppose...

Mathematics alone make us feel the limits of our intelligence. For we can always suppose...

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...

Real genius is nothing else but the supernatural virtue of humility in the domain of...

Real genius is nothing else but the supernatural virtue of humility in the domain of...

Every perfect life is a parable invented by God.

Every perfect life is a parable invented by God.

Who were the fools who spread the story that brute force cannot kill ideas? Nothing...

Who were the fools who spread the story that brute force cannot kill ideas? Nothing...

It is not the cause for which men took up arms that makes a victory...

It is not the cause for which men took up arms that makes a victory...

Those who are unhappy have no need for anything in this world but people capable...

Those who are unhappy have no need for anything in this world but people capable...

Pain is the root of knowledge

Pain is the root of knowledge

There is one, and only one, thing in modern society more hideous than crime namely,...

There is one, and only one, thing in modern society more hideous than crime namely,...

Petroleum is a more likely cause of international conflict than wheat.

Petroleum is a more likely cause of international conflict than wheat.

To be a hero or a heroine, one must give an order to oneself.

To be a hero or a heroine, one must give an order to oneself.

Difficult as it is really to listen to someone in affliction, it is just as...

Difficult as it is really to listen to someone in affliction, it is just as...

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.

More than in any other performing arts the lack of respect for acting seems to...

More than in any other performing arts the lack of respect for acting seems to...

To write the lives of the great in separating them from their works necessarily ends...

To write the lives of the great in separating them from their works necessarily ends...

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...

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...

It is only the impossible that is possible for God. He has given over the...

It is only the impossible that is possible for God. He has given over the...