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

Quote by Albert Camus

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In order to exist just once in the world, it is necessary never again to...

In order to exist just once in the world, it is necessary never again to...

Methods of thought which claim to give the lead to our world in the name...

Methods of thought which claim to give the lead to our world in the name...

We are all special cases.

We are all special cases.

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

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

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...

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...

A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing.

A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing.

To know oneself, one should assert oneself.

To know oneself, one should assert oneself.

After another moment's silence, she mumbled that I was peculiar, that that was probably why...

After another moment's silence, she mumbled that I was peculiar, that that was probably why...

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

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

Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Don't walk behind me; I...

Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Don't walk behind me; I...

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

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

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...

What is a rebel? A man who says no

What is a rebel? A man who says no

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...

Stupidity has a knack of getting its way.

Stupidity has a knack of getting its way.

The real passion of the twentieth century is servitude.

The real passion of the twentieth century is servitude.

All great deeds and all great thoughts have a ridiculous beginning. Great works are often...

All great deeds and all great thoughts have a ridiculous beginning. Great works are often...

Some people talk in their sleep. Lecturers talk while other people sleep.

Some people talk in their sleep. Lecturers talk while other people sleep.

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...