For if there is a sin against life, it consists perhaps not so much in despairing of life as in hoping for another life and in eluding the implacable grandeur of this life.

Quote by Albert Camus

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We used to wonder where war lived, what it was that made it so vile....

We used to wonder where war lived, what it was that made it so vile....

The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth.

The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth.

Don't wait for the last judgment - it takes place every day.

Don't wait for the last judgment - it takes place every day.

Life is the sum of all your choices.

Life is the sum of all your choices.

A guilty conscience needs to confess. A work of art is a confession.

A guilty conscience needs to confess. A work of art is a confession.

Nothing is more despicable than respect based on fear.

Nothing is more despicable than respect based on fear.

To correct a natural indifference I was placed half-way between misery and the sun. Misery...

To correct a natural indifference I was placed half-way between misery and the sun. Misery...

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

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

To insure the adoration of a theorem for any length of time, faith is not...

To insure the adoration of a theorem for any length of time, faith is not...

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...

Alas, after a certain age every man is responsible for his face.

Alas, after a certain age every man is responsible for his face.

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...

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'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...

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

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

I don't want to be a genius - I have enough problems just trying to...

I don't want to be a genius - I have enough problems just trying to...

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...

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...

Man is an idea, and a precious small idea once he turns his back on...

Man is an idea, and a precious small idea once he turns his back on...

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...