Every man needs slaves like he needs clean air. To rule is to breathe, is it not? And even the most disenfranchised get to breathe. The lowest on the social scale have their spouses or their children.

Quote by Albert Camus

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Men must live and create. Live to the point of tears.

Men must live and create. Live to the point of tears.

Freedom is nothing else but a chance to be better.

Freedom is nothing else but a chance to be better.

The desire for possession is insatiable, to such a point that it can survive even...

The desire for possession is insatiable, to such a point that it can survive even...

Abstract Art: A product of the untalented, sold by the unprincipled to the utterly bewildered.

Abstract Art: A product of the untalented, sold by the unprincipled to the utterly bewildered.

You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of....

You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of....

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.

The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth.

The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth.

The evil that is in the world almost always comes of ignorance, and good intentions...

The evil that is in the world almost always comes of ignorance, and good intentions...

Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal.

Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal.

I know of only one duty, and that is to love

I know of only one duty, and that is to love

Absolute virtue is impossible and the republic of forgiveness leads, with implacable logic, to the...

Absolute virtue is impossible and the republic of forgiveness leads, with implacable logic, to the...

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...

I shall tell you a great secret my friend. Do not wait for the last...

I shall tell you a great secret my friend. Do not wait for the last...

Life is the sum of all your choices.

Life is the sum of all your choices.

Don't believe your friends when they ask you to be honest with them. All they...

Don't believe your friends when they ask you to be honest with them. All they...

I used to advertise my loyalty and I don't believe there is a single person...

I used to advertise my loyalty and I don't believe there is a single person...

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

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

For if I try to seize this self of which I feel sure, if I...

For if I try to seize this self of which I feel sure, if I...

Shotgunning anybody in this room would be the moral equivalent of killing a car, a...

Shotgunning anybody in this room would be the moral equivalent of killing a car, a...

Our creator did not create our raw material, but manipulated that which already existed.

Our creator did not create our raw material, but manipulated that which already existed.