If all men, by the act of being born, are destined to suffer violence, that is a truth to which the empire of circumstances closes their minds. (Simone Weil)

If all men, by the act of being born, are destined to suffer violence, that is a truth to which the empire of circumstances closes their minds.

Simone Weil

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