“Men are convinced of your arguments, your sincerity, and the seriousness of your efforts only by your death.”
— Albert Camus
Author: Albert Camus
Category: men
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Without culture, and the relative freedom it
“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
Author: Albert Camus
Category: society
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As a remedy to life in society
“As a remedy to life in society I would suggest the big city. Nowadays, it is the only desert within our means.”
— Albert Camus
Author: Albert Camus
Category: society
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We used to wonder where war lived,
“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.”
— Albert Camus
Author: Albert Camus
Category: war
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Nothing is more despicable than respect based
“Nothing is more despicable than respect based on fear.”
— Albert Camus
Author: Albert Camus
Category: respect
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Truly fertile Music, the only kind that
“Truly fertile Music, the only kind that will move us, that we shall truly appreciate, will be a Music conducive to Dream, which banishes all reason and analysis. One must not wish first to understand and then to feel. Art does not tolerate Reason.”
— Albert Camus
Author: Albert Camus
Category: music
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To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
“To know oneself, one should assert oneself.”
— Albert Camus
Author: Albert Camus
Category: motivational
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To assert in any case that a
“To assert in any case that a man must be absolutely cut off from society because he is absolutely evil amounts to saying that society is absolutely good, and no-one in his right mind will believe this today.”
— Albert Camus
Author: Albert Camus
Category: society
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I know of only one duty, and
“I know of only one duty, and that is to love.”
— Albert Camus
Author: Albert Camus
Category: love
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How can sincerity be a condition of
“How can sincerity be a condition of friendship? A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing.”
— Albert Camus
Author: Albert Camus
Category: friendship
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A guilty conscience needs to confess. A
“A guilty conscience needs to confess. A work of art is a confession.”
— Albert Camus
Author: Albert Camus
Category: work
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