Albert Camus
France
7 Nov 1913 // 4 Jan 1960
Writer / Journalist / Philosopher
7 Nov 1913 // 4 Jan 1960
Writer / Journalist / Philosopher
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A man without ethics is a wild beast loosed upon this world
A guilty conscience needs to confess. A work of art is a confession
We rarely confide in those who are better than we are
Too many have dispensed with generosity in order to practice charity
To marry a woman who you love and who loves you is to lay a wager with her as to who will stop loving the other first
There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn
There are plagues, and there are victims, and it's the duty of good men not to join forces with the plagues
The evil that is in the world almost always comes of ignorance, and good intentions may do as much harm as malevolence if they lack understanding
The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth
Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
Essays
Essays
On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
Essays
Essays