How hard, how bitter it is to become a man!

Quote by Albert Camus

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In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible...

In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible...

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...

Those who write clearly have readers, those who write obscurely have commentators.

Those who write clearly have readers, those who write obscurely have commentators.

I know of only one duty, and that is to love.

I know of only one duty, and that is to love.

Everyone would like to behave like a pagan, with everyone else behaving like a Christian

Everyone would like to behave like a pagan, with everyone else behaving like a Christian

We turn toward God only to obtain the impossible.

We turn toward God only to obtain the impossible.

Murder is terribly exhausting.

Murder is terribly exhausting.

At any street corner the feeling of absurdity can strike any man in the face.

At any street corner the feeling of absurdity can strike any man in the face.

An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself.

An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself.

Nature is a burning and frigid, transparent and limited universe in which nothing is possible...

Nature is a burning and frigid, transparent and limited universe in which nothing is possible...

To be happy, we must not be too concerned with others

To be happy, we must not be too concerned with others

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

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

For if I try to seize this self of which I feel sure, if I...

For if I try to seize this self of which I feel sure, if I...

The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth.

The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth.

A man's work is nothing but this slow trek to rediscover, through the detours of...

A man's work is nothing but this slow trek to rediscover, through the detours of...

After all, every murderer when he kills runs the risk of the most dreadful of...

After all, every murderer when he kills runs the risk of the most dreadful of...

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...

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

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

Old age is no place for sissies.

Old age is no place for sissies.

I have always paid income tax. I object only when it reaches a stage when...

I have always paid income tax. I object only when it reaches a stage when...