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

Quote by Albert Camus

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The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth.

The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth.

There is but one truly serious philosophical problem, and that is suicide. Judging whether life...

There is but one truly serious philosophical problem, and that is suicide. Judging whether life...

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...

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...

We turn toward God only to obtain the impossible.

We turn toward God only to obtain the impossible.

Blessed are the hearts that can bend; they shall never be broken.

Blessed are the hearts that can bend; they shall never be broken.

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...

Every man needs slaves like he needs clean air. To rule is to breathe, is...

Every man needs slaves like he needs clean air. To rule is to breathe, is...

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

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

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,...

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

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

At 30 a man should know himself like the palm of his hand, know the...

At 30 a man should know himself like the palm of his hand, know 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...

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...

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...

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;...

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 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...

For thou, o Lord of hosts, God of Israel, hast revealed to thy servant, saying,...

For thou, o Lord of hosts, God of Israel, hast revealed to thy servant, saying,...

Even God cant get by without using statistics to conceal uncertainty.

Even God cant get by without using statistics to conceal uncertainty.