The need to be right is the sign of a vulgar mind.

Quote by Albert Camus

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In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible...

In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible...

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;...

After all, every murderer when he kills runs the risk of the most dreadful of...

After all, every murderer when he kills runs the risk of the most dreadful of...

Those who lack the courage will always find a philosophy to justify it.

Those who lack the courage will always find a philosophy to justify it.

Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better.

Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better.

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...

Only a philosophy of eternity, in the world today, could justify non-violence.

Only a philosophy of eternity, in the world today, could justify non-violence.

Revolt and revolution both wind up at the same crossroads: the police, or folly

Revolt and revolution both wind up at the same crossroads: the police, or folly

Integrity has no need of rules.

Integrity has no need of rules.

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...

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

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

To marry a woman who you love and who loves you is to lay a...

To marry a woman who you love and who loves you is to lay a...

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

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

It is a kind of spiritual snobbery that makes people think they can be happy...

It is a kind of spiritual snobbery that makes people think they can be happy...

We call first truths those we discover after all the others.

We call first truths those we discover after all the others.

You are forgiven for your happiness and your successes only if you generously consent to...

You are forgiven for your happiness and your successes only if you generously consent to...

Truth, like light, blinds. Falsehood, on the contrary, is a beautiful twilight that enhances every...

Truth, like light, blinds. Falsehood, on the contrary, is a beautiful twilight that enhances every...

Idleness is fatal only to the mediocre.

Idleness is fatal only to the mediocre.

Idleness and pride tax with a heavier hand than kings and parliaments

Idleness and pride tax with a heavier hand than kings and parliaments

Am I going home to idleness? No, no. My feet and hands may be still,...

Am I going home to idleness? No, no. My feet and hands may be still,...

Better to have spent a life reaching for a dream that never came true, than...

Better to have spent a life reaching for a dream that never came true, than...

Everything I've ever done was out of fear of being mediocre.

Everything I've ever done was out of fear of being mediocre.