Martyrs, my friend, have to choose between being forgotten, mocked or used. As for being understood - never.

Quote by Albert Camus

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You cannot acquire experience by making experiments. You cannot create experience. You must undergo it.

You cannot acquire experience by making experiments. You cannot create experience. You must undergo it.

Those who lack the courage will always find a philosophy to justify it.

Those who lack the courage will always find a philosophy to justify it.

We rarely confide in those who are better than we are.

We rarely confide in those who are better than we are.

Every act of rebellion expresses a nostalgia for innocence and an appeal to the essence...

Every act of rebellion expresses a nostalgia for innocence and an appeal to the essence...

Man is the only creature that refuses to be what he is.

Man is the only creature that refuses to be what he is.

To be famous, in fact, one has only to kill one's landlady.

To be famous, in fact, one has only to kill one's landlady.

You have to be very rich or very poor to live without a trade.

You have to be very rich or very poor to live without a trade.

Don't wait for the Last Judgment. It happens every day.

Don't wait for the Last Judgment. It happens every day.

Integrity has no need of rules.

Integrity has no need of rules.

There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.

There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.

For centuries the death penalty, often accompanied by barbarous refinements, has been trying to hold...

For centuries the death penalty, often accompanied by barbarous refinements, has been trying to hold...

Integrity has no need of rules.

Integrity has no need of rules.

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...

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...

For if there is a sin against life, it consists perhaps not so much in...

For if there is a sin against life, it consists perhaps not so much in...

The modern mind is in complete disarray. Knowledge has stretched itself to the point where...

The modern mind is in complete disarray. Knowledge has stretched itself to the point where...

All healthy men have thought of their own suicide

All healthy men have thought of their own suicide

Age does not depend upon years, but upon temperament and health. Some men are born...

Age does not depend upon years, but upon temperament and health. Some men are born...

A wise man should consider that health is the greatest of human blessings, and learn...

A wise man should consider that health is the greatest of human blessings, and learn...

Writing is hard work and bad for the health.

Writing is hard work and bad for the health.

The younger generation is supposed to rage against the machine, not for it. They're supposed...

The younger generation is supposed to rage against the machine, not for it. They're supposed...