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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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...

Stupidity has a knack of getting its way.

Stupidity has a knack of getting its way.

How can sincerity be a condition of friendship? A taste for truth at any cost...

How can sincerity be a condition of friendship? A taste for truth at any cost...

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

Ah, mon cher, for anyone who is alone, without God and without a master, the...

Ah, mon cher, for anyone who is alone, without God and without a master, the...

You have the freedom to choose your actions, you don't have the freedom to choose...

You have the freedom to choose your actions, you don't have the freedom to choose...

Autumn is a second spring where every leaf is a flower

Autumn is a second spring where every leaf is a flower

There will be no lasting peace either in the heart of individuals or in social...

There will be no lasting peace either in the heart of individuals or in social...

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.

Methods of thought which claim to give the lead to our world in the name...

Methods of thought which claim to give the lead to our world in the name...

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

Beauty is unbearable, drives us to despair, offering us for a minute the glimpse of...

Beauty is unbearable, drives us to despair, offering us for a minute the glimpse of...

Beauty is but the sensible image of the Infinite. Like truth and justice it lives...

Beauty is but the sensible image of the Infinite. Like truth and justice it lives...

A woman's beauty is not a gift to man - only a bribe

A woman's beauty is not a gift to man - only a bribe

Desperation is the raw material of drastic change. Only those who can leave behind everything...

Desperation is the raw material of drastic change. Only those who can leave behind everything...