A man is more a man through the things he keeps to himself than through those he says.
ALBERT CAMUSHe who despairs of the human condition is a coward, but he who has hope for it is a fool.
More Albert Camus Quotes
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Every act of rebellion expresses a nostalgia for innocence and an appeal to the essence of being.
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Man is always prey to his truths. Once he has admitted them, he cannot free himself from them.
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Don’t believe your friends when they ask you to be honest with them. All they really want is to be maintained in the good opinion they have of themselves.
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There is not love of life without despair about life.
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To feel absolutely right is the beginning of the end.
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The purpose of a writer is to keep civilization from destroying itself.
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There is scarcely any passion without struggle.
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When the soul suffers too much, it develops a taste for misfortune.
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Since we’re all going to die, it’s obvious that when and how don’t matter.
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What made me run away was doubtless not so much the fear of settling down, but of settling down permanently in something ugly.
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It is the job of thinking people not to be on the side of the executioners.
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Always go too far, because that’s where you’ll find the truth.
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I opened myself to the gentle indifference of the world.
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I like people who dream or talk to themselves interminably; I like them, for they are double. They are here and elsewhere.
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What is called a reason for living is also an excellent reason for dying.
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