After all manner of professors have done their best for us, the place we are to get knowledge is in books. The true university of these days is a collection of books.

Quote by Albert Camus

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Autumn is a second spring where every leaf is a flower

Autumn is a second spring where every leaf is a flower

If friends were flowers, I'd pick you

If friends were flowers, I'd pick you

Life is the sum of all your choices.

Life is the sum of all your choices.

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

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

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...

To assert in any case that a man must be absolutely cut off from society...

To assert in any case that a man must be absolutely cut off from society...

I would rather live my life as if there is a God and die to...

I would rather live my life as if there is a God and die to...

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

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

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....

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...

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...

Idleness is fatal only to the mediocre.

Idleness is fatal only to the mediocre.

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;...

The rebel can never find peace. He knows what is good and, despite himself, does...

The rebel can never find peace. He knows what is good and, despite himself, does...

It is not your paintings I like, it is your painting.

It is not your paintings I like, it is your painting.

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

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

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

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

A free press can of course be good or bad, but, most certainly, without freedom...

A free press can of course be good or bad, but, most certainly, without freedom...

A forest bird never wants a cage.

A forest bird never wants a cage.

There is tonic in the things that men do not love to hear. Free speech...

There is tonic in the things that men do not love to hear. Free speech...