Nothing is more despicable than respect based on fear.

Quote by Albert Camus

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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...

Every man needs slaves like he needs clean air. To rule is to breathe, is...

Every man needs slaves like he needs clean air. To rule is to breathe, is...

Those who weep for the happy periods which they encounter in history acknowledge what they...

Those who weep for the happy periods which they encounter in history acknowledge what they...

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

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

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.

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....

In the depth of winter I finally learned that there was in me an invincible...

In the depth of winter I finally learned that there was in me an invincible...

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...

Real nobility is based on scorn, courage, and profound indifference.

Real nobility is based on scorn, courage, and profound indifference.

Don't believe your friends when they ask you to be honest with them. All they...

Don't believe your friends when they ask you to be honest with them. All they...

To marry a woman who you love and who loves you is to lay a...

To marry a woman who you love and who loves you is to lay a...

But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he...

But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he...

It is the job of thinking people not to be on the side of the...

It is the job of thinking people not to be on the side of the...

Beauty is unbearable, drives us to despair, offering us for a minute the glimpse of...

Beauty is unbearable, drives us to despair, offering us for a minute the glimpse of...

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

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

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....

There is the good and the bad, the great and the low, the just and...

There is the good and the bad, the great and the low, the just and...

We are all special cases.

We are all special cases.

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...