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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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...

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....

All healthy men have thought of their own suicide

All healthy men have thought of their own suicide

In our society any man who doesn't cry at his mother's funeral is liable to...

In our society any man who doesn't cry at his mother's funeral is liable to...

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.

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...

Man wants to live, but it is useless to hope that this desire will dictate...

Man wants to live, but it is useless to hope that this desire will dictate...

Note, besides, that it is no more immoral to directly rob citizens than to slip...

Note, besides, that it is no more immoral to directly rob citizens than to slip...

An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself.

An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself.

You cannot create experience. You must undergo it.

You cannot create experience. You must undergo it.

Freedom is nothing else but a chance to be better.

Freedom is nothing else but a chance to be better.

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...

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...

What the world requires of the Christians is that they should continue to be Christians.

What the world requires of the Christians is that they should continue to be Christians.

You know what charm is: a way of getting the answer 'yes' without having asked...

You know what charm is: a way of getting the answer 'yes' without having asked...

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

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

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...

If there is sin against life, it consists¦ in hoping for another life and in...

If there is sin against life, it consists¦ in hoping for another life and in...

Life is a culmination of the past, an awareness of the present, an indication of...

Life is a culmination of the past, an awareness of the present, an indication of...

And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the...

And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the...