Men must live and create. Live to the point of tears.

Quote by Albert Camus

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True debauchery is liberating because it creates no obligations. In it you possess only yourself;...

True debauchery is liberating because it creates no obligations. In it you possess only yourself;...

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

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

Absolute virtue is impossible and the republic of forgiveness leads, with implacable logic, to the...

Absolute virtue is impossible and the republic of forgiveness leads, with implacable logic, to the...

Freedom is nothing else but a chance to be better.

Freedom is nothing else but a chance to be better.

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...

To get rich never risk your health. For it is the truth that health is...

To get rich never risk your health. For it is the truth that health is...

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...

To know oneself, one should assert oneself.

To know oneself, one should assert oneself.

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...

A free press can, of course, be good or bad, but, most certainly without freedom,...

A free press can, of course, be good or bad, but, most certainly without freedom,...

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

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

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

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.

It is a kind of spiritual snobbery that makes people think they can be happy...

It is a kind of spiritual snobbery that makes people think they can be happy...

We continue to shape our personality all our life. If we knew ourselves perfectly, we...

We continue to shape our personality all our life. If we knew ourselves perfectly, we...

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...

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

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

A man without ethics is a wild beast loosed upon this world.

A man without ethics is a wild beast loosed upon this world.

I consider ethics, as well as religion, as supplements to law in the government of...

I consider ethics, as well as religion, as supplements to law in the government of...

Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the...

Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the...