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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 Simone Weil : An Anthology (1986)

Si tous sont destinés en naissant à souffrir la violence, c'est là une vérité à laquelle l'empire des circonstances ferme les esprits des hommes.

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