There is one, and only one, thing in modern society more hideous than …

Simone Weil
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There is one, and only one, thing in modern society more hideous than crime namely, repressive justice. ✨ Simone Weil (2015). Selected Essays, 1934-1943: Historical, Political, and Moral Writings, p.31, Wipf and Stock Publishers
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Life does not need to mutilate itself in order to be pure. ✨ Simone Weil (2015). First and Last Notebooks: Supernatural Knowledge, p.10, Wipf and Stock Publishers
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There is one, and only one, thing in modern society more hideous than crime namely, repressive justice. ✨ Simone Weil (2015). Selected Essays, 1934-1943: Historical, Political, and Moral Writings, p.31, Wipf and Stock Publishers

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