There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.

Quote by Albert Camus

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Ah, mon cher, for anyone who is alone, without God and without a master, the...

Ah, mon cher, for anyone who is alone, without God and without a master, the...

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....

The society based on production is only productive, not creative.

The society based on production is only productive, not creative.

The gods had condemned Sisyphus to ceaselessly rolling a rock to the top of a...

The gods had condemned Sisyphus to ceaselessly rolling a rock to the top of a...

Autumn is a second spring where every leaf is a flower

Autumn is a second spring where every leaf is a flower

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

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

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.

We get into the habit of living before acquiring the habit of thinking. In that...

We get into the habit of living before acquiring the habit of thinking. In that...

Idleness is fatal only to the mediocre.

Idleness is fatal only to the mediocre.

The world is never quiet, even its silence eternally resounds with the same notes, in...

The world is never quiet, even its silence eternally resounds with the same notes, in...

All healthy men have thought of their own suicide

All healthy men have thought of their own suicide

If there is sin against life, it consists¦ in hoping for another life and in...

If there is sin against life, it consists¦ in hoping for another life and in...

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.

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

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

Revolt and revolution both wind up at the same crossroads: the police, or folly

Revolt and revolution both wind up at the same crossroads: the police, or folly

Without freedom, no art; art lives only on the restraints it imposes on itself, and...

Without freedom, no art; art lives only on the restraints it imposes on itself, and...

By definition, a government has no conscience. Sometimes it has a policy, but nothing more.

By definition, a government has no conscience. Sometimes it has a policy, but nothing more.

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.

The need to be right is the sign of a vulgar mind.

The need to be right is the sign of a vulgar mind.

Without work, all life goes rotten. But when work is soulless, life stifles and dies.

Without work, all life goes rotten. But when work is soulless, life stifles and dies.