Albert Camus

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Albert Camus
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Charm is a way of getting the answer yes without asking a clear question. Uncategorized
Ah, mon cher, for anyone who is alone, without God and without a master, the weight of days is dreadful. Uncategorized
We used to wonder where war lived, what it was that made it so vile. And now we realize that we know where it lives... inside ourselves. Uncategorized
For centuries the death penalty, often accompanied by barbarous refinements, has been trying to hold crime in check; yet crime persists. Why? Because the instincts that are warring in man are not, as the law claims, constant forces in a state of equilibrium. Uncategorized
For centuries the death penalty, often accompanied by barbarous refinements, has been trying to hold crime in check; yet crime persists. Why? Because the instincts that are warring in man are not, as the law claims, constant forces in a state of equilibrium. Uncategorized
By definition, a government has no conscience. Sometimes it has a policy, but nothing more. Uncategorized
After all manner of professors have done their best for us, the place we are to get knowledge is in books. The true university of these days is a collection of books. Uncategorized
Alas, after a certain age every man is responsible for his face. Uncategorized
A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing. Uncategorized
The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion. Uncategorized
The evil that is in the world almost always comes of ignorance, and good intentions may do as much harm as malevolence if they lack understanding. Uncategorized
It is a kind of spiritual snobbery that makes people think they can be happy without money. Uncategorized
It is a kind of spiritual snobbery that makes people think they can be happy without money. Uncategorized
You know what charm is: a way of getting the answer 'yes' without having asked any clear question. Uncategorized
The struggle itself towards the heights is enough to fill a man's heart. One must imagine Sisyphus happy. Uncategorized
Don't wait for the last judgment - it takes place every day. Uncategorized
The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth. Uncategorized
A free press can, of course, be good or bad, but, most certainly without freedom, the press will never be anything but bad. Uncategorized
The gods had condemned Sisyphus to ceaselessly rolling a rock to the top of a mountain, whence the stone would fall back of its own weight. They had thought with some reason that there is no more dreadful punishment than futile and hopeless labor. Uncategorized
Nothing is more despicable than respect based on fear. Uncategorized