Albert Camus Quotes

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Albert Camus

Profession : Philosopher

Birth : November 7, 1913

The role of the intellectual cannot be to excuse the violence of one side and condemn that of the other.

Albert Camus

Those who weep for the happy periods which they encounter in history acknowledge what they want; not the alleviation but the silencing of misery.

Albert Camus

To be famous, in fact, one has only to kill one's landlady.

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In order to exist just once in the world, it is necessary never again to exist.

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Every man, and for stronger reasons, every artist, wants to be recognized. So do I.

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One leader, one people, signifies one master and millions of slaves.

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We turn toward God only to obtain the impossible.

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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.

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How hard, how bitter it is to become a man!

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Too many have dispensed with generosity in order to practice charity.

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We rarely confide in those who are better than we are.

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The absurd depends as much on man as on the world. For the moment, it is all that links them together.

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A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing.

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I am not made for politics because I am incapable of wanting or accepting the death of the adversary.

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Rebellion cannot exist without the feeling that somewhere, in some way, you are justified.

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Heroism is accessible. Happiness is more difficult.

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Virtue cannot separate itself from reality without becoming a principle of evil.

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The day when I am no more than a writer I shall cease to be a writer.

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Working conditions for me have always been those of the monastic life: solitude and frugality. Except for frugality, they are contrary to my nature, so much so that work is a violence I do to myself.

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I grew up with the sea, and poverty for me was sumptuous; then I lost the sea and found all luxuries gray and poverty unbearable.

Albert Camus