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

Quote by Albert Camus

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Don't wait for the last judgment - it takes place every day.

Don't wait for the last judgment - it takes place every day.

The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth.

The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth.

Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.

Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.

All great deeds and all great thoughts have a ridiculous beginning

All great deeds and all great thoughts have a ridiculous beginning

To correct a natural indifference I was placed half-way between misery and the sun. Misery...

To correct a natural indifference I was placed half-way between misery and the sun. Misery...

If friends were flowers, I'd pick you

If friends were flowers, I'd pick you

Your successes and happiness are forgiven you only if you generously consent to share them.

Your successes and happiness are forgiven you only if you generously consent to share them.

We turn toward God only to obtain the impossible.

We turn toward God only to obtain the impossible.

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.

Men are never really willing to die except for the sake of freedom: therefore they...

Men are never really willing to die except for the sake of freedom: therefore they...

After another moment's silence, she mumbled that I was peculiar, that that was probably why...

After another moment's silence, she mumbled that I was peculiar, that that was probably why...

Politics and the fate of mankind are shaped by men without ideals and without greatness....

Politics and the fate of mankind are shaped by men without ideals and without greatness....

Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.

Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.

You cannot create experience. You must undergo it.

You cannot create experience. You must undergo it.

We continue to shape our personality all our life. If we knew ourselves perfectly, we...

We continue to shape our personality all our life. If we knew ourselves perfectly, we...

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...

Don't wait for the Last Judgment. It happens every day.

Don't wait for the Last Judgment. It happens every day.

What is a rebel? A man who says no

What is a rebel? A man who says no

Rebellion against tyrants is obedience to God.

Rebellion against tyrants is obedience to God.

Learning is always rebellion... Every bit of new truth discovered is revolutionary to what was...

Learning is always rebellion... Every bit of new truth discovered is revolutionary to what was...