But sometimes it takes more courage to live than to shoot yourself.
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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In order to understand the world, one has to turn away from it on occasion.
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I know that man is capable of great deeds. But if he isn’t capable of great emotion, well, he leaves me cold.
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Those who lack the courage will always find a philosophy to justify it.
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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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We are all exceptional cases. We all want to appeal against something! Each of us insists on being innocent at all cost, even if he has to accuse the whole human race and heaven itself.
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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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There is a life and there is a death, and there are beauty and melancholy between.
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But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads?
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Don’t walk behind me; I may not lead. Don’t walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.
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You know what charm is: a way of getting the answer yes without having asked any clear question.
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For who would dare to assert that eternal happiness can compensate for a single moment’s human suffering.
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I do not believe in God and I am not an atheist.
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The truth is that everyone is bored, and devotes himself to cultivating habits.
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Live to the point of tears.
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Should I kill myself, or have a cup of coffee?
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