A man is more a man through the things he keeps to himself than through those he says.
ALBERT CAMUSDon’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.
More Albert Camus Quotes
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The purpose of a writer is to keep civilization from destroying itself.
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I love life – that’s my real weakness. I love it so much that I am incapable of imagining what is not life.
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When the soul suffers too much, it develops a taste for misfortune.
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Fiction is the lie through which we tell the truth.
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You are forgiven for your happiness and your successes only if you generously consent to share them.
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Some people talk in their sleep. Lecturers talk while other people sleep.
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The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.
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Today we are always as ready to judge as we are to fornicate.
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We must learn how to lend ourselves to dreaming when dreams lend themselves to us.
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If absolute truth belongs to anyone in this world, it certainly does not belong to the man or party that claims to possess it.
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We are all born mad, some remain so.
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There is scarcely any passion without struggle.
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I should like to be able to love my country and still love justice.
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To be happy, we must not be too concerned with others.
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Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is.
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