Albert Camus

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Albert Camus
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Anyone who thinks sitting in church can make you a Christian must also think that sitting in a garage can make you a car Uncategorized
Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: "What! You too? I thought I was the only one. Uncategorized
You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough Uncategorized
When we are flat on our backs there is no way to look but up. Uncategorized
You have to be very rich or very poor to live without a trade. Uncategorized
What the world requires of the Christians is that they should continue to be Christians. Uncategorized
We turn toward God only to obtain the impossible. Uncategorized
We rarely confide in those who are better than we are. Uncategorized
We call first truths those we discover after all the others. Uncategorized
To insure the adoration of a theorem for any length of time, faith is not enough, a police force is needed as well. Uncategorized
To abandon oneself to principles is really to die - and to die for an impossible love which is the contrary of love. Uncategorized
Those who write clearly have readers, those who write obscurely have commentators. Uncategorized
There will be no lasting peace either in the heart of individuals or in social customs until death is outlawed. Uncategorized
The world is never quiet, even its silence eternally resounds with the same notes, in vibrations which escape our ears. As for those that we perceive, they carry sounds to us, occasionally a chord, never a melody. Uncategorized
Retaliation is related to nature and instinct, not to law. Law, by definition, cannot obey the same rules as nature. Uncategorized
Real nobility is based on scorn, courage, and profound indifference. Uncategorized
One leader, one people, signifies one master and millions of slaves. Uncategorized
Methods of thought which claim to give the lead to our world in the name of revolution have become, in reality, ideologies of consent and not of rebellion. Uncategorized
Man is an idea, and a precious small idea once he turns his back on love. Uncategorized
In order to exist just once in the world, it is necessary never again to exist. Uncategorized