The welfare of the people in particular has always been the alibi of tyrants.

Quote by Albert Camus

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The struggle itself towards the heights is enough to fill a man's heart. One must...

The struggle itself towards the heights is enough to fill a man's heart. One must...

The society based on production is only productive, not creative.

The society based on production is only productive, not creative.

Culture: the cry of men in face of their destiny.

Culture: the cry of men in face of their destiny.

A guilty conscience needs to confess. A work of art is a confession.

A guilty conscience needs to confess. A work of art is a confession.

Charm is a way of getting the answer yes without asking a clear question.

Charm is a way of getting the answer yes without asking a clear question.

For if there is a sin against life, it consists perhaps not so much in...

For if there is a sin against life, it consists perhaps not so much in...

True debauchery is liberating because it creates no obligations. In it you possess only yourself;...

True debauchery is liberating because it creates no obligations. In it you possess only yourself;...

Martyrs, my friend, have to choose between being forgotten, mocked or used. As for being...

Martyrs, my friend, have to choose between being forgotten, mocked or used. As for being...

A man without ethics is a wild beast loosed upon this world.

A man without ethics is a wild beast loosed upon this world.

At any street corner the feeling of absurdity can strike any man in the face.

At any street corner the feeling of absurdity can strike any man in the face.

Some people talk in their sleep. Lecturers talk while other people sleep.

Some people talk in their sleep. Lecturers talk while other people sleep.

Murder is terribly exhausting.

Murder is terribly exhausting.

Real nobility is based on scorn, courage, and profound indifference.

Real nobility is based on scorn, courage, and profound indifference.

The real passion of the twentieth century is servitude.

The real passion of the twentieth century is servitude.

There is but one truly serious philosophical problem, and that is suicide. Judging whether life...

There is but one truly serious philosophical problem, and that is suicide. Judging whether life...

Nature is a burning and frigid, transparent and limited universe in which nothing is possible...

Nature is a burning and frigid, transparent and limited universe in which nothing is possible...

You cannot create experience. You must undergo it.

You cannot create experience. You must undergo it.

It's a kind of spiritual snobbery that makes people think they can be happy without...

It's a kind of spiritual snobbery that makes people think they can be happy without...

Money will not make you happy, and happy will not make you money.

Money will not make you happy, and happy will not make you money.

You are much surer that you are doing good when you pay money to those...

You are much surer that you are doing good when you pay money to those...