Every man needs slaves like he needs clean air. To rule is to breathe, is it not? And even the most disenfranchised get to breathe. The lowest on the social scale have their spouses or their children.

Quote by Albert Camus

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In order to understand the world, one has to turn away from it on occasion.

In order to understand the world, one has to turn away from it on occasion.

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...

Without work, all life goes rotten. But when work is soulless, life stifles and dies.

Without work, all life goes rotten. But when work is soulless, life stifles and dies.

To know oneself, one should assert oneself.

To know oneself, one should assert oneself.

Without freedom, no art; art lives only on the restraints it imposes on itself, and...

Without freedom, no art; art lives only on the restraints it imposes on itself, and...

All modern revolutions have ended in a reinforcement of the power of the State.

All modern revolutions have ended in a reinforcement of the power of the State.

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

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

Culture: the cry of men in face of their destiny.

Culture: the cry of men in face of their destiny.

The welfare of the people in particular has always been the alibi of tyrants, and...

The welfare of the people in particular has always been the alibi of tyrants, and...

The world is never quiet, even its silence eternally resounds with the same notes, in...

The world is never quiet, even its silence eternally resounds with the same notes, in...

The myth of unlimited production brings war in its train as inevitably as clouds announce...

The myth of unlimited production brings war in its train as inevitably as clouds announce...

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,...

Martyrs, my friend, have to choose between being forgotten, mocked or used. As for being...

Martyrs, my friend, have to choose between being forgotten, mocked or used. As for being...

It is the job of thinking people not to be on the side of the...

It is the job of thinking people not to be on the side of the...

Without culture, and the relative freedom it implies, society, even when perfect, is but a...

Without culture, and the relative freedom it implies, society, even when perfect, is but a...

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...

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...

Dont believe your friends when they ask you to be honest with them. All they...

Dont believe your friends when they ask you to be honest with them. All they...

There are a good many fools who call me a friend, and also a good...

There are a good many fools who call me a friend, and also a good...

I got a lotta best friends. Some o' them I don't even hardly know!

I got a lotta best friends. Some o' them I don't even hardly know!

Old age is no place for sissies.

Old age is no place for sissies.