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Albert Camus quotes: On good days, if you trust life, life has to answer you. On good days, if you trust life, life has to answer you.
Albert Camus quotes: I am too far away from what I love and my distance is without remedy. I am too far away from what I love and my distance is without remedy.
Albert Camus quotes: But this time is ours, and we cannot live hating ourselves But this time is ours, and we cannot live hating ourselves
Albert Camus quotes: Even men without a gospel have their Mount of Olives. And one must not fall asleep on theirs either. Even men without a gospel have their Mount of Olives. And one must not fall asleep on theirs either.
Albert Camus quotes: Art and revolt will die only with the last man. Art and revolt will die only with the last man.
Albert Camus quotes: If we understood the enigmas of life there would be no need for art. If we understood the enigmas of life there would be no need for art.
Albert Camus quotes: Even the sea had lost its deep blue colour and, beneath the misty sky, took on the sheen of silver or iron, making it painful to look at. Even the sea had lost its deep blue colour and, beneath the misty sky, took on the sheen of silver or iron, making it painful to look at.
Albert Camus quotes: Ah, this dear old planet! All is clear now. We know ourselves; we now know of what we are capable. Ah, this dear old planet! All is clear now. We know ourselves; we now know of what we are capable.
Albert Camus quotes: In the middle of Winter I discovered within myself an invincible Summer. In the middle of Winter I discovered within myself an invincible Summer.
Albert Camus quotes: Man cannot do without beauty, and this is what our era pretends to want to disregard. Man cannot do without beauty, and this is what our era pretends to want to disregard.
Albert Camus quotes: If the only significant history of human thought were to be written, it would have to be the history of its successive regrets and its impotences. If the only significant history of human thought were to be written, it would have to be the history of its successive regrets and its impotences.
Albert Camus quotes: When he rebels, a manidentifies himself with other men and so surpasses himself, and from this point of view human solidarityis metaphysical. When he rebels, a man
identifies himself with other men and so surpasses himself, and from this point of view human solidarity
is metaphysical.
Albert Camus quotes: Doubts are the innermost corner of our souls. One must not talk about his doubts, whatever they may be. Doubts are the innermost corner of our souls. One must not talk about his doubts, whatever they may be.
Albert Camus quotes: Don't let them tell us stories Don't let them tell us stories
Albert Camus quotes: In those quiet places where my heart once spoke to yours ... I breathed eternal summer. In those quiet places where my heart once spoke to yours ... I breathed eternal summer.
Albert Camus quotes: Today we are always as ready to judge as we are to fornicate. Today we are always as ready to judge as we are to fornicate.
Albert Camus quotes: Independence is earned by a few words of cheap confidence Independence is earned by a few words of cheap confidence
Albert Camus quotes: The soul of a murderer is blind The soul of a murderer is blind
Albert Camus quotes: I should like to be able to love my country and still love justice. I should like to be able to love my country and still love justice.
Albert Camus quotes: The anachronism is the worst thing to use at the theatre. The anachronism is the worst thing to use at the theatre.
Albert Camus quotes: Everything I know about morality and the obligations of men, I owe it to football (soccer). Everything I know about morality and the obligations of men, I owe it to football (soccer).
Albert Camus quotes: Love is the kind of illness that does not spare the intelligent or the dull. Love is the kind of illness that does not spare the intelligent or the dull.
Albert Camus quotes: Life is the sum of your choices. Life is the sum of your choices.
Albert Camus quotes: The realization that life is absurd cannot be an end, but only a beginning. The realization that life is absurd cannot be an end, but only a beginning.
Albert Camus quotes: The more I accuse myself, the more right I have to judge you. Even better, I make you judge yourself, which comforts me the more. The more I accuse myself, the more right I have to judge you. Even better, I make you judge yourself, which comforts me the more.
Albert Camus quotes: If, after all, men cannot always make history have a meaning, they can always act so that their own lives have one. If, after all, men cannot always make history have a meaning, they can always act so that their own lives have one.
Albert Camus quotes: We're all special cases. We're all special cases.
Albert Camus quotes: Every revolutionary ends up either by becoming an oppressor or a heretic. Every revolutionary ends up either by becoming an oppressor or a heretic.
Albert Camus quotes: In short, they were gambling on their luck, and luck is not to be coerced. In short, they were gambling on their luck, and luck is not to be coerced.
Albert Camus quotes: Everything considered, a determined soul will always manage. Everything considered, a determined soul will always manage.
Albert Camus quotes: I know simply that the sky will last longer than I. I know simply that the sky will last longer than I.
Albert Camus quotes: Nothing can discourage the appetite for divinity in the heart of man. Nothing can discourage the appetite for divinity in the heart of man.
Albert Camus quotes: History is distinguishedfrom nature precisely by the fact that it transforms science and passion by means of will. History is distinguished
from nature precisely by the fact that it transforms science and passion by means of will.
Albert Camus quotes: In the world there is, parallel to the force of death and constraint, an enormous force of persuasion that is called culture. In the world there is, parallel to the force of death and constraint, an enormous force of persuasion that is called culture.
Albert Camus quotes: Cruel irony, the poor man tormented with hunger feeds those who plead his case. Cruel irony, the poor man tormented with hunger feeds those who plead his case.
Albert Camus quotes: So the thing that bothered me most was that the condemned man had to hope the machine would work the first time. So the thing that bothered me most was that the condemned man had to hope the machine would work the first time.
Albert Camus quotes: [Love] is the type of disease that spares neither the intelligent nor the idiotic. [Love] is the type of disease that spares neither the intelligent nor the idiotic.
Albert Camus quotes: In our well-policed society we recognize that an illness is serious from the fact that we don't dare speak of it directly. In our well-policed society we recognize that an illness is serious from the fact that we don't dare speak of it directly.
Albert Camus quotes: It is not true that the heart wears out - but the body creates this illusion. It is not true that the heart wears out - but the body creates this illusion.
Albert Camus quotes: When the time to die comes, it does not matter how and when it happens. When the time to die comes, it does not matter how and when it happens.
Albert Camus quotes: I have never seen anyone die for the ontological argument. I have never seen anyone die for the ontological argument.
Albert Camus quotes: When love ceases to be tragic it is something else and the individual again throws himself in search of tragedy. When love ceases to be tragic it is something else and the individual again throws himself in search of tragedy.
Albert Camus quotes: One always has exaggerated ideas about what one doesn't know. One always has exaggerated ideas about what one doesn't know.
Albert Camus quotes: I rebel - therefore we exist I rebel - therefore we exist
Albert Camus quotes: Don't wait for the Last Judgment. It happens every day. Don't wait for the Last Judgment. It happens every day.
Albert Camus quotes: A loveless world is a dead world. A loveless world is a dead world.
Albert Camus quotes: He wanted to diminish the surface he offered the world, to sleep until everything was consumed. He wanted to diminish the surface he offered the world, to sleep until everything was consumed.
Albert Camus quotes: Truth, like light, is blinding. Lies, on the other hand, are a beautiful dusk, which enhances the value of each object. Truth, like light, is blinding. Lies, on the other hand, are a beautiful dusk, which enhances the value of each object.
Albert Camus quotes: The real 19th century prophet was Dostoevsky, not Karl Marx. The real 19th century prophet was Dostoevsky, not Karl Marx.
Albert Camus quotes: One must imagine Sisyphus happy. One must imagine Sisyphus happy.
Albert Camus quotes: A man is more a man through the things he keeps to himself than through those he says. A man is more a man through the things he keeps to himself than through those he says.
Albert Camus quotes: There is scarcely any passion without struggle. There is scarcely any passion without struggle.
Albert Camus quotes: Mind you, do not think that my affection for you is blind. You have great, very great faults, at least in my eyes. Mind you, do not think that my affection for you is blind. You have great, very great faults, at least in my eyes.
Albert Camus quotes: When there is no hope, one must invent hope. When there is no hope, one must invent hope.
Albert Camus quotes: A work of art is a confession. A work of art is a confession.
Albert Camus quotes: Their guilt made me eloquent because I was not its victim. Their guilt made me eloquent because I was not its victim.
Albert Camus quotes: There are people who vindicate the world, who help others live just by their presence. There are people who vindicate the world, who help others live just by their presence.
Albert Camus quotes: the means one uses today shape the ends one might perhaps reach tomorrow the means one uses today shape the ends one might perhaps reach tomorrow
Albert Camus quotes: Here lives a free man. Nobody serves him. Here lives a free man. Nobody serves him.
Albert Camus quotes: It is normal to give away a little of one's life in order not to lose it all. It is normal to give away a little of one's life in order not to lose it all.
Albert Camus quotes: We all have a weakness for beauty. We all have a weakness for beauty.
Albert Camus quotes: All is well, everything is permitted, and nothing is hateful - these are absurd judgments All is well, everything is permitted, and nothing is hateful - these are absurd judgments
Albert Camus quotes: Every rebellion implies some kind of unity. Every rebellion implies some kind of unity.
Albert Camus quotes: Liberty is dangerous. Liberty is dangerous.
Albert Camus quotes: They were assured, of course, of the inerrable equality of death, but nobody wanted that kind of equality. They were assured, of course, of the inerrable equality of death, but nobody wanted that kind of equality.
Albert Camus quotes: Become so very free that your whole existence is an act of rebellion. Become so very free that your whole existence is an act of rebellion.
Albert Camus quotes: Freedom is not constituted primarily of privileges but of responsibilities. Freedom is not constituted primarily of privileges but of responsibilities.
Albert Camus quotes: He belongs to time, and by the horror that seizes him, he recognizes his worst enemy. He belongs to time, and by the horror that seizes him, he recognizes his worst enemy.
Albert Camus quotes: There may be responsible persons, but there are no guilty ones. There may be responsible persons, but there are no guilty ones.
Albert Camus quotes: I was feeling very comfortable; the coffee had warmed me up, and through the open door came scents of flowers and breaths of cool night air. I was feeling very comfortable; the coffee had warmed me up, and through the open door came scents of flowers and breaths of cool night air.
Albert Camus quotes: And then came human beings; humans wanted to cling but there was nothing to cling to. And then came human beings; humans wanted to cling but there was nothing to cling to.
Albert Camus quotes: Freedom of the press is perhaps the freedom that has suffered the most from the gradual degradation of the idea of liberty. Freedom of the press is perhaps the freedom that has suffered the most from the gradual degradation of the idea of liberty.
Albert Camus quotes: He had opened his heart to the sublime indifference of the universe He had opened his heart to the sublime indifference of the universe
Albert Camus quotes: Why should it be essential to love rarely in order to love much? Why should it be essential to love rarely in order to love much?
Albert Camus quotes: How intoxicating to feel like God the Father and to hand out definitive testimonials of bad character and habits. How intoxicating to feel like God the Father and to hand out definitive testimonials of bad character and habits.
Albert Camus quotes: But perhaps we should love what we cannot understand But perhaps we should love what we cannot understand
Albert Camus quotes: People hasten to judge in order not to be judged themselves. People hasten to judge in order not to be judged themselves.
Albert Camus quotes: The revolutionary government was required to become the government of the war. The revolutionary government was required to become the government of the war.
Albert Camus quotes: There are very few large and many poor feelings in everyone's life. There are very few large and many poor feelings in everyone's life.
Albert Camus quotes: How can sincerity be a condition of friendship? A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing. How can sincerity be a condition of friendship? A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing.
Albert Camus quotes: Style, like poplin, all too often conceals eczema. Style, like poplin, all too often conceals eczema.
Albert Camus quotes: You always get exaggerated notions about things you don't know anything about. You always get exaggerated notions about things you don't know anything about.
Albert Camus quotes: It would be the most peaceful to love in silence, but there are consciousness and personality, so we have to speak. And then love becomes hell. It would be the most peaceful to love in silence, but there are consciousness and personality, so we have to speak. And then love becomes hell.
Albert Camus quotes: Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is. Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is.
Albert Camus quotes: Atheism is humanism mediated by the suppression of religion, communism is humanism mediated bythe suppression of private property. Atheism is humanism mediated by the suppression of religion, communism is humanism mediated by
the suppression of private property.
Albert Camus quotes: None of the evils which totalitarianism ... claims to remedy is worse than totalitarianism itself. None of the evils which totalitarianism ... claims to remedy is worse than totalitarianism itself.
Albert Camus quotes: Rebellion cannot exist without a strange form of love. Rebellion cannot exist without a strange form of love.
Albert Camus quotes: We turn toward God only to obtain the impossible. We turn toward God only to obtain the impossible.
Albert Camus quotes: No cause justifies the deaths of innocent people. No cause justifies the deaths of innocent people.
Albert Camus quotes: In order to cease being a doubtful case, one has to cease being, that's all. In order to cease being a doubtful case, one has to cease being, that's all.
Albert Camus quotes: Friendship is not so easy: it's long and hard to win, but when it's there, you can't get rid of it, you have to made do Friendship is not so easy: it's long and hard to win, but when it's there, you can't get rid of it, you have to made do
Albert Camus quotes: I would like to be able to breathe - to be able to love her by memory or fidelity. But my heart aches. I love you continuously, intensely. I would like to be able to breathe - to be able to love her by memory or fidelity. But my heart aches. I love you continuously, intensely.
Albert Camus quotes: People can think only in images. If you want to be a philosopher, write novels. People can think only in images. If you want to be a philosopher, write novels.
Albert Camus quotes: With rebellion, awareness is born With rebellion, awareness is born
Albert Camus quotes: Whether the earth or the sun revolves around the other is a matter of profound indifference. Whether the earth or the sun revolves around the other is a matter of profound indifference.
Albert Camus quotes: All normal people, I added as an after thought, had more or less desired the death of those they loved, at some point or another. All normal people, I added as an after thought, had more or less desired the death of those they loved, at some point or another.
Albert Camus quotes: Maybe Christ died for somebody but not for me. Maybe Christ died for somebody but not for me.
Albert Camus quotes: [E]verything contributes to spreading confusion. [E]verything contributes to spreading confusion.
Albert Camus quotes: There was a worried little smile on her face. But my heart felt nothing, and I couldn't even return her smile. There was a worried little smile on her face. But my heart felt nothing, and I couldn't even return her smile.
Albert Camus quotes: I am not made for politics because I am incapable of wanting or accepting the death of the adversary. I am not made for politics because I am incapable of wanting or accepting the death of the adversary.

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