Simone Weil - In reality nothing is so beautiful as the good, nothi

In reality nothing is so beautiful as the good, nothing is so monotonous and boring as evil.

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Weil, Simone. Gravity and Grace. Translated by Emma Craufurd, Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1952, p. 62.

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