“To insure the adoration of a theorem for any length of time, faith is not enough, a police force is needed as well.”
— Albert Camus
Author: Albert Camus
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After all manner of professors have done
“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.”
— Albert Camus
Author: Albert Camus
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Men are never really willing to die
“Men are never really willing to die except for the sake of freedom: therefore they do not believe in dying completely.”
— Albert Camus
Author: Albert Camus
Category: freedom
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After all manner of professors have done
“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.”
— Albert Camus
Author: Albert Camus
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After all manner of professors have done
“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.”
— Albert Camus
Author: Albert Camus
Category: knowledge
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But what is happiness except the simple
“But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads?”
— Albert Camus
Author: Albert Camus
Category: life
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It is a kind of spiritual snobbery
“It is a kind of spiritual snobbery that makes people think they can be happy without money.”
— Albert Camus
Author: Albert Camus
Category: finance
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Beauty is unbearable, drives us to despair,
“Beauty is unbearable, drives us to despair, offering us for a minute the glimpse of an eternity that we should like to stretch out over the whole of time.”
— Albert Camus
Author: Albert Camus
Category: beauty
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There will be no lasting peace either
“There will be no lasting peace either in the heart of individuals or in social customs until death is outlawed.”
— Albert Camus
Author: Albert Camus
Category: peace
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Ah, mon cher, for anyone who is
“Ah, mon cher, for anyone who is alone, without God and without a master, the weight of days is dreadful.”
— Albert Camus
Author: Albert Camus
Category: alone
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Man wants to live, but it is
“Man wants to live, but it is useless to hope that this desire will dictate all his actions.”
— Albert Camus
Author: Albert Camus
Category: hope
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