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Simone Weil: Une très belle femme qui regarde son image au miroir peut très bien croire qu’elle est cela. Une femme laide sait qu’elle n’est pas cela. ("A very
by bambax 3y ago
Simone Weil: Une très belle femme qui regarde son image au miroir peut très bien croire qu’elle est cela. Une femme laide sait qu’elle n’est pas cela. ("A very beautiful woman who looks at her image in the mirror may very well believe that's what she is. An ugly woman knows it's not.")
- fragmede 3y agougly on the inside, or outside?
- hdjjhhvvhga 3y agoMoreover, these differences tend to disappear with age, so being attached to one's looks is like making preparations for a big disappointment.
- hackeraccount 3y agoVanity always provokes a strange mixture of disgust and pity in people but vanity over appearance is the saddest kind of all; it's the cherry blossom of folly but brings out sympathy because of that.