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In order to understand the world, one has to turn away from it on occasion.

Albert Camus

I should like to be able to love my country and still love justice.
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Country Justice Love Patriotism
I may not have been sure about what really did interest me, but I was absolutely sure about what didn’t.
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Absolute Inspirational Interest Success
If we believe in nothing, if nothing has any meaning and if we can affirm no values whatsoever, then everything is possible and nothing has any importance.
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Believe Importance Life Possible Value
There is scarcely any passion without struggle.
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Inspirational One Liner Passion Scare Struggle
You are forgiven for your happiness and your successes only if you generously consent to share them.
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Constent Forgiveness Happiness Life Success
We must learn how to lend ourselves to dreaming when dreams lend themselves to us.
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Dreamss Learning Life Ourself
Seeking what is true is not seeking what is desirable.
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Desire Honesty One Liner Seek Truth
I used to advertise my loyalty and I don’t believe there is a single person I loved that I didn’t eventually betray.
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Believe Betrayal Love Loyalty Person Relationship
The literal meaning of life is whatever you’re doing that prevents you from killing yourself.
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Healing Kill Life Myself
For who would dare to assert that eternal happiness can compensate for a single moment’s human suffering.
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Dare Happiness Humanity Moments Suffering
The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth.
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Absurd Concept Essential Humanity Truth
A person’s life purpose is nothing more than to rediscover, through the detours of art or love or passionate work, those one or two images in the presence of which his heart first opened.
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Heart Love Passion Person Presence Purpose
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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Believe Friends Good Honest Maintain Opinion
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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Doubt Fear Life Love Romance Ugly
Those who lack the courage will always find a philosophy to justify it.
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Courage Cowardice Lack Philosophy
Since we’re all going to die, it’s obvious that when and how don’t matter.
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Die Life

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