There can be a true grandeur in any degree of submissiveness, because it springs from loyalty to the laws and to an oath, and not from baseness of soul.
Simone WeilAbout author
- Author's profession: Philosopher
- Nationality: french
- Born: February 3, 1909
- Died: August 24, 1943
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