“Retaliation is related to nature and instinct, not to law. Law, by definition, cannot obey the same rules as nature.”
— Albert Camus
Author: Albert Camus
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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
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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
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Category: freedom
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Without freedom, no art; art lives only
“Without freedom, no art; art lives only on the restraints it imposes on itself, and dies of all others.”
— Albert Camus
Author: Albert Camus
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When you have really exhausted an experience
“When you have really exhausted an experience you always reverence and love it.”
— Albert Camus
Author: Albert Camus
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Alas, after a certain age every man
“Alas, after a certain age every man is responsible for his face.”
— Albert Camus
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Real nobility is based on scorn, courage,
“Real nobility is based on scorn, courage, and profound indifference.”
— Albert Camus
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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
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Without work, all life goes rotten. But
“Without work, all life goes rotten. But when work is soulless, life stifles and dies.”
— Albert Camus
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Men must live and create. Live to
“Men must live and create. Live to the point of tears.”
— Albert Camus
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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
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