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It is impossible to forgive whoever has done us harm if that harm has lowered us. We have to think that it has not lowered us, but has revealed our true level.
It is impossible to forgive whoever has done us harm if that harm has lowered us. We have to think that it has not lowered us, but has revealed our true level.
Approximate author period: c. 1926 AD · modern
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- Simone Weil
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- Approximate author period: c. 1926 AD · modern
Approximate author-period anchor from life dates 1909 to 1943; Wikidata Q157309, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q157309 (accessed 2026-10-08). Not a quotation composition date.
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