Albert Camus Short Quotes

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Mother died today, or maybe it was yesterday.

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Culture: the cry of men in face of their destiny.

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There is always a philosophy for lack of courage.

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There is not love of life without despair about life.

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Autumn is a second Spring when every leaf is a flower.

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To be happy, we must not be too concerned with others.

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Every revolutionary ends as an oppressor or a heretic.

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Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is.

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We have exiled beauty; the Greeks took up arms for her.

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The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth.

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We seldom confide in those who are better than ourselves.

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Everything considered, a determined soul will always manage.

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The opposite of an idealist is too often a man without love.

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The absurd has meaning only in so far as it is not agreed to.

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One always has exaggerated ideas about what one doesn't know.

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I hope the dogs don't bark tonight. I always think it's mine.

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Mother died today. Or perhaps it was yesterday, I don't know.

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The temptation shared by all forms of intelligence: cynicism.

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To live is in itself a value judgment. To breathe is to judge.

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Wandering seemed no more than the happiness of an anxious man.

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The only real progress lies in learning to be wrong all alone.

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Why should it be essential to love rarely in order to love much?

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Alas, after a certain age every man is responsible for his face.

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There is a terrible emptiness in me, an indifference that hurts.

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History shows that the less people read, the more books they buy.

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No matter how the sun shone, the sea held forth no more promises.

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All modern revolutions have ended in a reinforcement of the State.

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I should like to be able to love my country and still love justice.

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I longed to be forgotten in order to be able to complain to myself.

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But sometimes it takes more courage to live than to shoot yourself.

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