Tag: Albert Camus
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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.
Albert Camus
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Too many have dispensed with generosity in order to practice charity.
Albert Camus
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Without culture, and the relative freedom it implies, society, even when perfect, is but a jungle. This is why any authentic creation is a gift to the future.
Albert Camus
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Retaliation is related to nature and instinct, not to law. Law, by definition, cannot obey the same rules as nature.
Albert Camus
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In order to exist, man must rebel, but rebellion must respect the limits that it discovers in itself – limits where minds meet, and in meeting, begin to exist.
Albert Camus
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A guilty conscience needs to confess. A work of art is a confession.
Albert Camus
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Alas, after a certain age every man is responsible for his face.
Albert Camus
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Rebellion cannot exist without the feeling that somewhere, in some way, you are justified.
Albert Camus
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All great deeds and all great thoughts have a ridiculous beginning. Great works are often born on a street corner or in a restaurant’s revolving door.
Albert Camus
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Every time somebody speaks of my honesty, there is someone who quivers inside me.
Albert Camus