Albert Camus - The Fall (1956)

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

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The act of love... is a confession. Selfishness screams aloud, vanity shows off, or else true generosity reveals itself.

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We seldom confide in those who are better than ourselves.

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In order to cease being a doubtful case, one has to cease being, that's all.

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We are all special cases. We all want to appeal against something! Everyone insists on his innocence, at all costs, even if it means accusing the rest of the human race and heaven.

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May heaven protect us, cher monsieur, from being set on a pedestal by our friends!!!

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One plays at being immortal and after a few weeks one doesn't even know whether or not one can hang on till the next day.

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The essential is to cease being free and to obey, in repentance, a greater rogue than oneself. When we are all guilty, that will be democracy.

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I shall tell you a great secret, my friend. Do not wait for the last judgment. It takes place every day.

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Martyrs, cher ami, must choose between being forgotten, mocked, or made use of. As for being understood – never!

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Ah, mon cher, for anyone who is alone, without God and without a master, the weight of days is dreadful.

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For anyone who is alone, without God and without a master, the weight of days is dreadful. Hence one must choose a master, God being out of style.

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That's the way man is, cher monsieur. He has two faces: he can't love without self-love.

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We're not sure, we can't be sure. Otherwise, there would be a solution; at least one could get oneself taken seriously.

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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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God is not needed to create guilt or to punish. Our fellow men suffice, aided by ourselves.

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My dear friend, we mustn't give them even the slightest excuse to judge us! Otherwise, we end up in pieces.

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Somebody has to have the last word. Otherwise, every reason can be met with another one and there would never be no end to it.

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There was a time when I didn't at any minute have the slightest idea how I could reach the next one. Yes, one can wage war in this world, ape love, torture one's fellow man, or merely say evil of one's neighbour while knitting. But, in certain cases, carrying on, merely continuing, is superhuman.

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When one has no character, one HAS to apply a method. Here it did wonders incontrovertibly, and I am living on the site of one of the greatest crimes in human history.

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Let's not beat around the bush; 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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I have a very old and very faithful attachment for dogs. I like them because they always forgive.

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As for those whose role it is to love us - I mean, relatives and in-laws (what a word)- It's a different tune. They find the right word, but it's usually the one that wounds.

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Men are never convinced of your reasons, of your sincerity, of the seriousness of your sufferings, except by your death. So long as you are alive, your case is doubtful; you have a right only to their scepticism.

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Proof is never definitive, after all; one has to begin again with each new person.

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