For who would dare to assert that eternal happiness can compensate for a single moment’s human suffering.
ALBERT CAMUSI like people who dream or talk to themselves interminably; I like them, for they are double. They are here and elsewhere.
More Albert Camus Quotes
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It is a kind of spiritual snobbery that makes people think they can be happy without money.
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Peace is the only battle worth waging.
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Seeking what is true is not seeking what is desirable.
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We are all special cases.
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The truth is that everyone is bored, and devotes himself to cultivating habits.
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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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Happiness and the absurd are two sons of the same earth. They are inseparable.
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Real generosity towards the future lies in giving all to the present.
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And it was like knocking four quick times on the door of unhappiness.
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Where there is no hope, it is incumbent on us to invent it.
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Fiction is the lie through which we tell the truth.
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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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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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At the heart of all beauty lies something inhuman.
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