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[D]azzling achievements are possible, which can make a man's name live for thousands of years. But above this level, far above, separated by an abyss, is the level where the highest things are achieved. These things are essentially anonymous.

Source: La Table Ronde, Human Personality, 1950.
-- Simone Weil, (Feb 3 1909-1943), French philosopher, activist; She was a mystic and activist in the French Resistance during WW II; wrote Gravity and Grace.

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