All great deeds and all great thoughts have a ridiculous beginning. Great works are often born on a street corner or in a restaurant's revolving door.

Quote by Albert Camus

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

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

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

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

The gods had condemned Sisyphus to ceaselessly rolling a rock to the top of a...

The gods had condemned Sisyphus to ceaselessly rolling a rock to the top of a...

Freedom is nothing else but a chance to be better.

Freedom is nothing else but a chance to be better.

To know oneself, one should assert oneself.

To know oneself, one should assert oneself.

An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself.

An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself.

Every revolutionary ends up either by becoming an oppressor or a heretic.

Every revolutionary ends up either by becoming an oppressor or a heretic.

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...

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...

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...

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...

Truly fertile Music, the only kind that will move us, that we shall truly appreciate,...

Truly fertile Music, the only kind that will move us, that we shall truly appreciate,...

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

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

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

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

Charm is a way of getting the answer yes without asking a clear question.

Charm is a way of getting the answer yes without asking a clear question.

It is normal to give away a little of one's life in order not to...

It is normal to give away a little of one's life in order not to...

To abandon oneself to principles is really to die - and to die for an...

To abandon oneself to principles is really to die - and to die for an...

Too many have dispensed with generosity in order to practice charity.

Too many have dispensed with generosity in order to practice charity.

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...

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

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