To abandon oneself to principles is really to die - and to die for an impossible love which is the contrary of love.

Quote by Albert Camus

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What is a rebel? A man who says no.

What is a rebel? A man who says no.

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...

When you have really exhausted an experience you always reverence and love it.

When you have really exhausted an experience you always reverence and love it.

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.

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 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...

A man's work is nothing but this slow trek to rediscover, through the detours of...

A man's work is nothing but this slow trek to rediscover, through the detours of...

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...

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.

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

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

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...

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...

A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and can sing it...

A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and can sing it...

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...

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.

It is not your paintings I like, it is your painting.

It is not your paintings I like, it is your painting.

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...

The real passion of the twentieth century is servitude.

The real passion of the twentieth century is servitude.

Every revolutionary ends up either by becoming an oppressor or a heretic.

Every revolutionary ends up either by becoming an oppressor or a heretic.

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...